Tuning: Drop D
Intro: Strum D and F
F D
Bartender, I know youre a reasonable man
F D
Looks like you got the run of this place
F D
Set me up a round so that I can see your hands
F D
And wipe the goddamned smile off of your face
G
Im sure you must have heard of me, Im lightning with my Smith
F D
And my reputation burns all through the west
F D
So if you know what is good for you, shut up and get the whiskey
F D
And not that trade stuff, I want nothin but your best
Chorus:
D G D
And pour em kinda strong cause I wont be here long
F#m G A D
You best not do me wrong, just pour em kinda strong
D F D
I aint got time to savour em, I gotta drink em quick
D F D
Ive conveyed my urgency, I hope
D F D
If they catch me its all over, Ill be way on up the creek
D F D
And Ill be swingin on the wrong end of a rope
G
The posses been behind me now for six or seven days
D F D
Only two hours back and chewin on my dust
D F D
I got a powerful thirst I come in here to try to slake
D F D
So serve it up or draw down if you must
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental Break:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---10p7----7-----7----------------------------10p7-------7------10---7---|
D|---------------------10p7-----7------10p7-------------------7------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-----0------------0-----0-------------------0-------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------3-------------------------|
G|---10p7----7-----7-------------------6---------2-------------------------|
D|---------------------10p7-----7----------------0-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-----0------------0---------------------------------------------|
Or something like that. Play with it.
F D
Well I wasn’t really watchin you, my eyes was on the door
D F
Imagine my surprise to hear the cock
D F D
Of that .32 that left me here to bleed out on your floor
D F D
Im too far gone to bother with the doc
G
Well I wasnt really watchin you, my eyes was to the east
F D
You know, to dull the pain I could use one more
D F D
You surely wont deny a man a dyin drink at least
D F D
Im awful embarrassed at how I spoke to you before
D G D
So pour em kinda strong cause I won’t be here long
F#m G A D
Mister, please dont do me wrong, just pour em kinda strong
F D
You surely wont deny a dyin man a drink at least
F D
Im awful embarrassed at how I spoke to you before
Outro: Same as instrumental break