Will's Crossing chords by Nat Stuckey

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Verse 1
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 (C major) I've never known
the good feelin' of money
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I work like a dog for my  (G major) father's farm
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Al (F major) ways told me be (C major) ware the city
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But  (G major) how could a Saturday  (C major) 
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dance do me harm?  (G major) 
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I  (F major) wanted her so, but she soon  (C major) let me know
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That a  (G major) penny to Sodbuster
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had (C major) n't the chance
And I swore that I wouldn't
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be poor  (G major) anymore
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So I  (C major) took  (F major) Popper's pistol,
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walked  (C major) into Will's Closet
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And I  (G major) faced Dover Flint in the  (C major) General Store
I pulled him to reach him
in the drawer full of money
But he reached and I pulled
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out a  (G major) pistol instead
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In a  (C major) flash  (F major) of a wink
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and be (C major) fore I could think
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I pulled  (G major) my own trigger
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and I  (C major) watched him fall
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In the  (A flat major)  (C major) darkness behind me
The men from Wells Crossing,
off the road to my left,
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there's  (F major) a  (G major) shrill siren's call.
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The  (C major) bushes  (F major) reach out
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 (C major) an d my pants try to  (D flat major) hold me.
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 (C major) The  (G major) rocks on the ground
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tear  (C major) my hands when I fall.  (D flat major) 
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 (C major) When we're clearing our way,
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the men from Wells  (D flat major) Crossing,
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the  (C major) posse surrounded me,
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no use  (G major) to run.
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Then  (C major) just  (F major) to my right
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there's  (C major) the crack of a rifle
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And I see Poppa's  (G major) face
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in the  (C major) flesh of the gun  (D flat major)  (C major) 
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 (D flat major) I    (C major) open my eyes and
they're gathered round me
And Poppa's down on
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his  (G major) knees  (C major) by my  (G major) side
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The  (F major) bullet he fired
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has  (C major) settled deep in my  (D flat major) body
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But I  (C major) could tell that it was Papa,
really, they'd died
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In the dim  (F major) after (C major) noon's light  (F major)  (C major) 
Papa closed his eyes tight
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And the last  (C major) I  remembered
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was my Papa cried  (D flat major)  (D flat major) you