the rounder chords by Blue Highway

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Beneath a western sky on the way to Santa Fe

I met up with a rounder

claimed he rode with Jesse James

They robbed the Glendale Train

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Verse 2

As we crossed the Texas plains

not a blessed word was said

Till we reached Amarillo,

then he raised his weary head

He said, “Son, I’ll soon be dead”

Verse 3
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I have so much to tell you,
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but I’m left so little time
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There’s a place out in the Badlands
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About a two day ride
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It’s not so hard to find

Verse 4
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Frank and Jesse holed up
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in a cave for forty days
Took all that they could carry,
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then hid the rest away
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Frank grew tired of living
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like a dog out on the run
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and Jesse soon fell victim to a blast
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from Bob Ford’s gun
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Now I’m the only one

Interlude 1

Verse 5
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His voice it faltered there
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and he soon passed away
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I laid him six feet under
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that hard West Texas clay
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And then I rode away
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Verse 6
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I found everything he told me near
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the place they call Red Cloud
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With the gold I found a letter
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when I read I cried out loud
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It said, “Your momma would be
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proud”

Verse 7
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Some men are born to freedom
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While others come to fame
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And some will leave with nothing
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but a marker and their name
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In the end  it’s all the same