The Lawman Chords by Billy Walker

[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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They sent me out from Santa Fe to try and find his [A] trail.
They think that I'm the [E] only one who can bring him back to jail.
[A] _ _ [E] This star says I'm a lawman.
_ This gun has seen me [A] through. _
And though my heart [E] is heavy, _ [B] I've got a [E] job to do. _ _ _
_ _ [A] You see, he's such a proud man who [E]
never learned to crawl. _
But a good man turned _ gunslinger is the meanest man [B] of [F#m] all. _ _
_ He [E] killed a U.S. marshal, and for that he's gonna [A] pay. _
And I'm the lonely [E] _
lawman [B] who's on [F#m] his trail [E] today.
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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There was a time he fought for truth and on the side [A] of right.
_ Until the only [E] girl he loved was killed one fateful [F#m]
night.
_ [E] I know his heart was shattered _ as he turned the [A] barren sod.
And laid away her [E] body, _ _ [F#m] commending it to [E] God. _ _ _
_ _ [A] Then he vowed a vengeance to [E]
those who took her life. _
And every notch upon his gun, a tear shed for [B] his wife. _ _
[F#m] _ _ [E] But vengeance is like wildfire _ sweeping through the [A] wood.
It turns reason into [E]
ashes, _ [B] and it burns out all [E] the good. _ _ _
_ _ [A] Now I can't help but remember _ [E] as I trail this lonesome man. _
I don't believe while we were boys I won any race [F#m] we _ ran. _
_ _ [E] For you see, his face resembles mine.
We talk somewhat [A] the same.
And though we walk [E] in different worlds, we [B] both bear our daddy's [E] name. _
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