Chords for Johnny Cash - Don't take your guns to town lyrics

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ A young cowboy named Billy Joe
[F] Grew restless on [Bb] the farm
A boy filled with wonderlust
[F] Who really meant [Bb] no harm
[Eb] He changed his clothes and shined his boots
And combed his dark hair down
[Bb] And his mother cried as he walked out
_ [Eb] Don't take your guns to [Bb] town
[Eb] Son, leave your [Bb] guns at home, Bill
_ _ [Eb] Don't take your [Bb] guns to town
He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ laughed and kissed his mom
And [F] said, you're Billy [Bb] Joe the man
_ I can shoot as quick and straight [F] as anybody [Bb] can
[Eb] But I wouldn't shoot without a cause
I'd gun nobody down
[Bb] But she cried again as he rolled away
_ _ _ [Eb] Don't take your guns to [Bb] town
[Eb] Son, leave your guns at [Bb] home, Bill
_ [A] [Eb] Don't take your [Bb] guns to town _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ He sang a song of his own
He [F] rode his guns hung at [Bb] his hips
He rode into a cattle town
[F] A smile [Bb] upon his lips
[Eb] He stopped and walked into a bar
And laid his money down
[Bb] But his mother's words echoed again
_ _ _ [Eb] Don't take your guns to [Bb] town
[Eb] Son, leave your guns [Bb] at home, Bill
_ _ [Eb] Don't take your guns to [Bb] town _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He [F] drank his [Bb] first strong liquor
[F] Then to calm his [Bb] shaking hands
And tried to tell himself
[F] At last he had become [Bb] a man
[Eb] A dusty cowpoke at his sight
Began [Bb] to laugh him down
And he heard again his mother's words
_ _ _ [Eb] _
Don't take your guns [Bb] to town
[Eb] Son, leave your guns [Bb] at home, Bill
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Don't take your guns [Bb] to town _ _
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Bill would race and Billy Joe
[F] Reached for his gun [Bb] to draw
But the stranger drew his gun
And fired [F] it before he [Bb] even saw
[Eb] As Billy Joe fell to the floor
The crowd [Bbm] [Eb] all gathered round
[Bb] And wondered at his final words
_ _ [Eb] _
Don't take your [Bb] guns to town
Son, [Eb] _
leave your guns [Bb] at home, Bill _ _
[Eb] Don't take your guns to [Bb] town
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