The Last Gunfighter Ballad chords by
Johnny Cash

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
Dm Dm 
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The old gunfighter stood on the
C C 
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Porch and  stared into sun
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And relived all the old days back when
F F 
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He was living by the gun
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When deadly games of pride
were played and
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Living was mistakes not made

Verse 2
Bb Bb 
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And the thought of the smell
Of the black powder smoke
C C 
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And the stand in the street at
F F 
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The turn of a joke
Bb Bb 
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The thought of the smell of
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The black powder smoke
C C 
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And the stand in the street at
F F 
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The turn of a joke
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And it's always keep
your back to the sun
C C 
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And you can almost feel the
Weight of that gun
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And it's faster than snakes or
A blink of the eye
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And it's a time for all slow men to die
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His eyes get squinty and
He's straight as log
C C 
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And he empties his gun at
the dirty dog

Verse 3
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And he's hit by the smell
Of the black powder smoke
C C 
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And the stand in the street at
F F 
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The turn of a joke
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F F 
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Hit by the smell of the black
powder smoke
C C 
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And the stand in the street at
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The turn of a joke

Verse 4
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Now the burn of a bullet
is only a scar
C C 
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And he's back in his chair
in front of a bar
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And the streets are empty and
The blood's all dried the
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dead are dust and
And the whiskey's inside
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So  buy him a drink and lend
him an ear
C C 
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He's nobody's fool but he's
The only one here

Verse 5
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Who remembers the smell of
The black powder smoke
C C 
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And the stand in the street at
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The turn of a joke
Bb Bb 
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Remembers the smell of the
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black powder smoke
C C 
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And the stand in the street at
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The turn of a joke

Verse 6
Dm Dm 
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Son I stood in that street
Before it was paved
C C 
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I learned the shoot or be
Shot before I could shave
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And I did it all for the money
and the fame
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Noble was nothing but feeling no shame
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And nothing was sacred
but staying alive
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And all that I learned from a Colt 45

Verse 7
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Was to cuss the smell of
The black powder smoke
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And the stand in the street at
F F 
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The turn of a joke
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To cuss the smell of the
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black powder smoke
C C 
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And the stand in the street at
F F 
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The turn of a joke

Verse 8
Dm Dm 
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Now he's just an old
Man that nobody believes
C C 
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Says he's a gunfighter
The last of this breed
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And there's ghosts in the
Street seeking revenge
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Calling him out to the lunatic fringe
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He's out in the traffic now
checking the sun
C C 
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And he's killed by a car as
He goes for his gun

Verse 9
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So much for the smell of
The black powder smoke
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And the stand in the street at
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Bb Bb 
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The turn of a joke so much for the smell of
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The black powder smoke
C C 
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And the stand in the street at
The turn of a joke

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