Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Beneath a western sky on the way to Santa Fe
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I met up with a rounder
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claimed he rode with Jesse James
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They robbed the Glendale Train
Verse 2
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Till we reached Amarillo,
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then he raised his weary head
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He said, “Son, I’ll soon be dead”
Verse 3
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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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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
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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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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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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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
Outro 1
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