Intro:
D G
I'd say I'm a lover not a fighter, I'd never stare nobody down
A D
Til one night my girl I could not find her, she never made it back from town
G
I found my Shannon cryin in the woods, a wicked man he held her down
A. D
I stuck him deep an I buried him good, not deep enough to fool the hounds
Chorus:
D. G. D
We took shelter in a chapel neath the blood moon sky,
A. D
I bought a gun an made Shannon my wife
G. D
We jumped in a box car to old mexico......
A. D
Where I aint worth a penny on my bounty back home
A. D
No I ain't worth a penny on my bounty back home.
Verse:
D. G
That train stopped in Tijuana, we built a shack beneath the sun
A. D
I make my Shannon margaritas, we watch our childre laugh and run..run..run
G
Sometimes I miss my daddy, sometimes I miss my mom
A. D
I think they'd be real proud of me, to know the man that Iv become
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Instrumental:
Bridge:
D. G. D. A. D. G. D. A. G
Train train roll on.. Train train roll on.. Train train roll on.. Roll..on..
D. G. D
Shannon why'd you run with me? . . . . She said
D. G. D
What was I supposed to do boy just watch you leave
D. A. D
You'd a broken my heart, you'd a haunted my dreams
D. G. D. A. D
Your love boy is all I need, your love boys all I'll ever need
Chorus:
............ Where we ain't worth a penny on our bounty back home
No we ain't worth a penny on our bounty back home.