Ballad of a Well-Known Gun - Elton John (Tumbleweed Connection 1 of 10) Chords

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[F] I _ [G] _ [D] _ _ fall down the stagecoach down to the red ladies' [G] _ news.
_ [A] I tap my feet and don't [D] surprise [A] my course, I saw [D] the news. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] The plank of time [G] [D] pulls out my back, she asks me for [Gm] my [G] name.
_ [D] [A] I [D] stutter out my [A] answer, _ _ hung my [G] head [D] in _ shame.
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[D] Now they've found _ me, _ I love [A] they've found _ me. _
It's [G] hard to run _ _ from a [D] stolen family. _ _ _
Now they've found me, _ well I [G] won't run. _
I'm _ [D] tired of hearing _
[G] _ _ [D] [Bm] that _ _ [A] those [G] are well [D]-known _ [G] guns. _ _
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_ _ [G] _ [D] Now I've seen it's a chain gang, Lord I said let me see [G] my priest.
_ [Ab] _ [A] I could not face the devils and old burning brown [D]-backed beasts.
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[D] The poor house they had me for my kin, they claim my crumbling _ [G] walls.
_ [A] Now I know how Reno felt and here I'm from [D] below.
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_ _ _ _ Now they've found _ me, _ [G] I love [A] they've found me.
_ _ It's hard to [G] run _ _ from a stolen [D] family.
_ _ _ _ [G] Now [D] they've found _ me, _ well I won't [G] run.
_ I'm _ _ [D] tired of _ hearing that _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [G] those are well-known [D] guns.
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] Now _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ they've found _ me, I love _ _ they've [A] found me.
_ _ It's hard [G] to _ run _ from a [D] stolen family. _ _
Lord I said now they've found me, _ _ well I won't [G] _
run.
_ _ _ I'm [D] tired of hearing [G] [D] that _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] those [G] are well [D]-known guns.
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[D] _ _ _ [G] Now [D] they've found _ me, I [A] love they've found me.
_ It's hard [G] to run _ _ from a stolen [D]
family.
_ _ _ Now they've found me, _ _ well I [G] won't run.
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I'm tired of hearing _ _ _ that [Bm] _ _ [A] those [G] are well [D]-known guns.
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_ _ _ [G] Those [Dm] are well-known [D] guns.
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[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ I know God.
_ _ _ _ I [C] know [D] God.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] I know [G] God.
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_ _ _ _ _ I know God.
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