[Em] Took xx xxxxxx xxxx xxxx xx [C] Carolina xxxx
[Em] Had xxxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxx xxx [C] started xx xxxx
[Em] Six xxxx xxxxxx xx x [C] dust xxxxxxx xxxxx
[Em] They xxx xxxxxxxx xx xxx xxx xxx [C] so xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
Chorus
[C] And xxxxxxx [G] fire xx xxx xxxxxxxx [D] lightnin' xx xxx xxx
[Am] gold xx xxxx xxxxx xxx xxxx [C] waitin' xxx xx [Em] there
We were diggin' and siftin' from five to five
sellin' everything we found just to stay alive
gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars
sinnin' was the big thing lord and Satan was his star
Chorus
Dance hall girls were the evenin' treat
Empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street
Men were shot down for the sake of fun
Or just to hear the noise of their forty four guns
Chorus
Now my widow she weeps by my grave
Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save
Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame
All for a useless and no good worthless claim
Chorus times End on G instead of an Em