Tougher Than Leather

Tougher Than Leather easy guitar chords by Willie Nelson

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo
  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • A

  • E

  • Bm

    2
  • F#

    2
  • B

    2
  • C#m

    4
  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • A

  • E

  • Bm

    2
  • F#

    2
  • B

    2
  • C#m

    4
  • Verse 1
    He was 
    tougher 
    than 
    leather 

    And he 
    didn't 
    care 
    whether 

    The 
    sun 
    shined 
    or not 

    When 
    a young 
    kid 
    in 
    Cow 
    Town 

    Wanted 
    showdown 

    He 
    was 
    careless 
    or just 
    maybe 
    forgot 

    But he died 
    in the 
    gunfight 

    Blinded 
    by 
    sunlight 

    Never 
    draw 
    when 
    you're facin' 

    the sun 

    And old 
    tougher 
    than leather 

    Just 
    carved 
    one 
    more 
    notch 
    on 
    his gun 

    Verse 2

    And 
    when he 
    turned 
    to go 

    The beautiful 
    maiden 
    knelt 
    down 

    Where 
    her 
    dead 
    sweetheart 
    lay 

    And on 
    his 
    breast 
    placed 
    a rose 

    While 
    the 
    townspeople 
    stared 
    in 
    dis
    may 

    And 
    old 
    tougher 
    than leather 

    Should've 
    known 
    better 

    But he 
    picked 
    up 
    the 
    rose 
    in his 

    hand 

    And the townspeople 
    froze 

    When 
    his 
    hands 
    crushed 
    the rose 

    And the rose 
    petals 
    fell 
    in the 
    sand 

    Verse 3

    And 
    old 
    tougher 
    than leather 

    Was 
    a full- 
    time 
    go- 
    getter 

    The grass 
    never 
    grew 
    beneath 

    his 
    feet 

    From 
    one 
    town 
    to 
    another 

    He 
    would 
    ride 
    like 
    the wind 

    But his 
    mind 
    kept 
    going 
    back 

    to 
    the 
    street 

    Where 
    a young 
    cowboy 
    died 

    And a young 
    maiden 
    cried 

    And rose 
    petals 
    fell 
    in the 
    sand 

    And 
    his 
    heart 
    had 
    been 
    softened 

    By 
    the 
    beautiful 
    maid 

    And he 
    knew 
    he 
    must 
    see 
    her 
    again 

    Verse 4

    Well 
    he went 
    back 
    to 
    the town 

    Where it 
    all 
    had 
    come 
    down 

    And he searched 
    but his 
    search 

    was 
    in 
    vain 

    He had wanted 
    to find 
    her 

    And 
    say 
    he 
    was 
    sorry 

    For causing 
    her 
    heart 
    so 
    much 
    pain 

    But 
    one 
    night 
    he 
    died 
    from 

    a poison 
    inside 

    Brought 
    on 
    by 
    the wrong 
    he 
    had 
    done 

    And old 
    tougher 
    than 
    leather 

    Had 
    carved 
    his 
    last 
    notch 

    on 
    his gun

    Verse 5

    Well 
    he was 
    burried 
    in Cow 
    Town 

    Along 
    about 
    sundown 

    Lookin' 
    good 
    in 
    his new 
    store- 

    bought 
    clothes 

    When 
    the 
    young 
    maiden 
    came 
    over 

    And knelt 
    down 
    beside 
    him 

    And on 
    his 
    lapel 
    placed 
    rose 

    There's 
    bird 
    in 
    the sky 

    Flying 
    high, 
    flying 
    high 

    To 
    a place 
    from 
    a place 

    Changing 
    skies, 
    chan
    ging 
    skies 

    Outro 1





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