Chords for Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns To Town

[Bb] A young cowboy named [Eb] Billy Joel, [F] he [Bb] was from St.
Town.
A boy filled with [F] wonderlust who really meant [Bb] no harm.
[Eb] He changed his clothes and shined his boots and combed his dark hair down.
But [Bb] his mother cried as he walked out.
[Eb] Don't take your guns to [Bb] town, [Eb] son.
Leave your guns [Bb] at home, Bill.
[Eb] Don't take your guns [Bb] to town. _ _ _ _ _
He [F] laughed and kissed his mom and said,
You're Billy [Bb] Joel's a man.
[F] I can shoot as quick and straight as [Bb] anybody can.
[C] But I wouldn't [Eb] shoot without a cause.
I'd gun nobody down.
But she [F] cried again as he [Bb] rolled away. _
[Eb] Don't take your guns to [Bb] town, son.
[Abm] Leave your guns [Bb] at home, Bill.
[Eb] Don't take your [Bb] guns to town. _ _
_ _ _ He sang a song as on he [F] rolled his guns hung at his hips.
He rolled into a cattle town, a smile up [Bb] on his lips.
[C] He stopped and walked into a bar [Eb] and laid his money down.
But [Bb] his mother's words echoed again.
_ Don't [Eb] take your guns [Bb] to town, son.
[Eb]
Leave your guns at [Bb] home, Bill.
[Eb] Don't take your guns [G] to [F] town.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] He drank [Bb] his first strong liquor [F] then took calm his shaking hand.
And tried to tell himself at last he had become a man.
[G] A dusty [Eb] cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down.
And [F] he heard [Bb] again his mother's words.
_ _ [Eb] Don't take your guns [Bb] to town, son.
[Eb] Leave your [Bb] guns at home, Bill.
[Eb]
Don't take your guns [Bb] to town. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Bill [Bb] praised and Billy [F] Joe reached for his gun to draw.
[Bb] But the stranger drew his [F] gun and fired it before he even saw.
As [Eb] Billy Joe fell to the floor the crowd all gathered round.
[Bb] And wondered at his final words. _
[Eb] Don't take your guns to [Bb] town, [Eb] son.
Leave your guns at [Bb] home, Bill.
[Eb] Don't take your guns to [Bb] town. _ _
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