Chords used: Em G C D Am
Standard tune / capo 2nd fret
*take your time playing the into chords*
[Intro]
Em G Em G C Em D G
[Verse 1]
Em G
They were dueling, Doolin-Dalton
Em G
High or low, it was the same
C Em
Easy money and faithless women
D G
Red-eye whiskey for the pain
Em Em G G
Go down, Bill Dalton, it must be God's will
Em Em G G
Two brothers lying dead in Coffeyville
C C Em Em
Two voices call to you from where they stood
Am
Lay down your law books now
C G
They're no damn good
[Chorus]
Em G
Better keep on moving, Doolin-Dalton
Em G
Till your shadow sets you free
C Em
If you're fast, and if you're lucky
C D G
You will never see that hanging tree
[Verse 2]
G Em
Well, the towns lay out across the dusty plains
C Em
Like graveyards filled with tombstones, waiting for the names
G Em
And a man could use his back, or use his brains
C D
But some just went stir crazy, Lord, cause nothing ever changed
[Chorus]
Em G
Until Bill Doolin met Bill Dalton
Em G
He was working cheap, just biding time
C Em
Then he laughed and said, I'm going
C D G Am C G
And so he left that peaceful life behind