Chords for Marty Robbins Sings 'Mr Shorty.'

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Nobody knew [Bm] where he came.
_ [D] They only knew [Bm] he came in.
_ _ [D] Slowly he walked [Bm] to the end of the bar
[Em] And he ordered one [F#] slug of gin.
[Bm] Well, I could see that he wasn't [Em] a large man.
[A] I could tell that he [D] wasn't too tall.
[C#] I judged him to [Bm] be about five foot three
And [E] his voice was a soft [A] Texas drawl.
[D] Said he was needing [Bm] some wages _
[D] For he could ride through [Bm] the West.
_ [D] Said he could do [Bm] most all kinds of work.
[Em] Said he could ride [F#] with the best.
_ [Bm] There in his blue eyes [Em] was sadness
_ [A] Comes from the need of [D] hope. _ _
[F#] And though he [Bm] tried he still couldn't hide
[E]
Loneliness there deep [A] within.
_ [D] Said he would work [Bm] through the winter
_ Thirty a month and his poor.
_ [D] Started to say where he might land a job
When [Em] a fellow walked in through [F#] the door.
[Bm] I could see he was looking
[Em] _ For [A] the way that he came [D] stopping in.
_ [F#] He told me to leave [Bm] shorty there by himself
[E] Come down and wait on [A] man. _
[D] The eyes of the little [Bm] man narrowed
_ [D] Smile disappeared from his [Bm] face.
_ Gone was the friendliness that I had seen
And [Em] a wild look of hate.
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[C#m] The big one continued [Em] to mock him
And [A] he told me that I had [D] better go
_ [G#] Find him a couple of glasses of milk
[E] And then maybe shorty [A] would grow.
_ [D] When the little man spoke [Bm] there was stillness
[B] He made sure that everyone [Bm] heard. _
[D] Slowly he stepped [Bm] away from the bar [Em] and I still
Remember [C#m] these words
[Bm] Though it's plain that you're looking [Em] for trouble
_ [A] Trouble's what I [D] try to shun
_ [F#] If that's what you want [Bm] then that's what you'll get
[E] Cowboy with both deck and [A] guns
His [Bm] hand was already positioned
_ His feet wide apart on the floor
[D] I hadn't [Bm] noticed but there on his hip
Was [Em] a short fellow fat [F#] forty-four
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[Bm] It was plain he was ready [Em] in wait
_ [A] He leaned a bit forward [D] and said
_ [F#] When you call me shorty [Bm] say mister my friend
[E] Maybe you'd rather be [A]
dead
In [D] the room was a terrible [Bm] silence
[D] As the big one stepped out [Bm] on the floor
_ All drinking stopped and the tick of the clock
[Em] Said death would wait ten [C#m] seconds more
[Bm] And _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] he said with a snarl [D] on his lips _
[F#] _ Nobody's [Bm] mister to me little man
And [E] he grabbed for the gun on [A] his hip
[D] But the little man's hand [Bm] was like light
_ [D] The bad forty-four [Bm] was the same
_ _ Forty-four spoke and [Bm] it sent lead and smoke
[Em] Seventeen [F#] inches of flame
_ [Bm] The big one had never [Em] cleared leather
_ [A] Beaten before [D] he could start
_ [F#] A little round [Bm] hole had appeared on his shirt
[E] The bullet went clear through [A] his heart
[D] The little man stood [Bm] there a moment
_ [D] Then holstered that bad forty [Bm]-four
_ [D] It's always this way [Bm] so I never stay
[Em] Slowly he walked out [F#] the door
_ _ [Bm] Nobody knew [Em] where he came from
[A] They won't forget [D] he came by
_ [F#] They won't forget how [Bm] a forty-four gun
[E] One night made the [A] difference in size
[D] As for me I'll [Bm] remember the sadness
_ [D] Shown in the eyes [Bm] of the man
[D] If we meet someday [Bm] you can bet I will say
That [E] it's me mister Shorty _ _ _ _ _
[A] Your [G] friend
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[D#] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [A#] _ _ _