E B A (x6)
[Verse 1]
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I'm a man who's goin' to hell with heaven's blessin'
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The judge said I'm not fit to live with men
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They're buildin' me a gallows in the courtyard
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To make sure I don't pass this way again
[Verse 2]
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My first taste of killin' was at Vicksburg
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I must have shot me a hundred men
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I learned to make my livin' with a six-gun
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I'm an outlaw now, but I was a hero then
[Chorus]
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Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry
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That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for
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I wish now I had never touched the handle
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Of a hair-trigger Colt .44
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[Verse 3]
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I was a hunted desperado
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A wanted man with a price on my head
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I thought that I could steal a taste of freedom
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I got me a hangman's noose instead
[Chorus]
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Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry
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That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for
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I wish now I had never touched the handle
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Of a hair-trigger Colt .44
[Bridge]
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Undertaker write on my tombstone
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"A killer finally killed" and nothin' more
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But I wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for Providence
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And that hair-trigger Colt .44
[Chorus]
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Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry
E B A
That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for
E B A
I wish now I had never touched the handle
E B A
Of a hair-trigger Colt .44
[Chorus]
E B A
Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry
E B A
That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for
E B A
I wish now I had never touched the handle
E B A
Of a hair-trigger Colt .44