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Ballad Of Boot Hill

Johnny Cash
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D-DU-UDU
Here  lies Les Moore,
four  slugs from a forty-four,
 no Les no more.
 Out in Arizona, just  south of Tucson,
 where tumbleweeds tumble in search  of a home,
 there's a town they call Tombstone
 where the brave never cry.
 They live by a six-gun, by  a six-gun  they die.
 It's been a long time now  since the town was a boon.
 The jailhouse is empty, so's  the Palace Saloon.
 Just one look will tell you that this town was real.
 A secluded old dirt road leads  up to  Boot Hill.
 Walk up to the fence there  and look at the view;
 That's where they were hangin', eighteen-eighty-two.
 It's easy to see where the brave men died;
 Rope marks on the old tree are  now petrified.
 At night, when the moon shines  so far away,
 It gets mighty lonesome,  lookin' down on their graves.
 There lies Billy Klen; never wanted to kill,
 but he's there with the guilty, way  up on Boot  Hill.
 (Boot Hill.)

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Readable chord sheet for Ballad Of Boot Hill by Johnny Cash

[G]Here lies Les Moore,
[D]four slugs from a forty-four,
no Les no more.          [G]

Out in Arizona, [Em]just south of Tucson,            [G]
where tumbleweeds tumble in sear[Em]ch of a home,                  [D]

there's a town they call Tombstone
where the brave never cry.          [G]
They live by a six-gun, [Em]by a six-[D]gun they die.                [G]

It's been a long time now[Em] since the town was a boon.                   [G]
The jailhouse is empty, s[Em]o's the Palace Saloon.                [D]
Just one look will tell you that this town was real.             [G]
A secluded old dirt road [Em]leads up [D]to Boot Hill.             [G]

Walk up to the fence ther[Em]e and look at the view;                [G]
That's where they were hangin', eight[Em]een-eighty-two.                     [D]
It's easy to see where the brave men died;                [G]
Rope marks on the old tree are[Em] now pet[D]rified.               [G]

At night, when the moon shines[Em] so far away,                [G]
It gets mighty lonesome[Em], lookin' down on their graves.                  [D]
There lies Billy Klen; never wanted to kill,                 [G]
but he's there with the guilty, way[Em] up on B[D]oot Hill.                [G]

(Boot Hill.)

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