Key: C majorā¢
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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on dry and fertile land
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Pioneer of pistol ears
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and a dead shot with each hand
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Claim he was the quickest,
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there's few who'd ill-agree
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still breathe like you and me
Verse 2
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in his early days of life
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One evenin' on the Western Trail,
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Bill took the air of night
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And who should come upon him,
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but a bear whom he'd awoke
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and fashioned a new coat
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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and wild Missouri too
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Come 1861, Bill donned the Union blue
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Not unlike his daddy,
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he'd seen old man in bonds
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of Hickok they were fond
Verse 4
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many Texans came to call
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Phil Coe told John Wes Hardin,
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"Wild Bill has got to fall"
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"He's a cruel and brutish yankee,
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and if you don't then I will"
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Wes Hardin's livin' still
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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inside Tom Nuttall's place
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Amidst a game of poker,
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holdin' Aces and two Eights
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When up stepped from behind him
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the Coward, Jack McCall
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poor Wild Bill never saw
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC G F D
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