Chords for Marty Robbins - Sundown / The Texas Ranger

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Bill [G] Faxon was an [C] ex-ranger, [F] one of the bravest [C] by far.
[G] It's said that old Bill [Am] was the fastest man [D] ever to pin on a [G] ranger's star.
_ _ [C] [G] Stories about [C] him were legends, _ [F] Bill was the best [C] of the bold.
[G] Bad men all feared him [C] way back in his day, [G] but he was now [C] grown and old. _ _
_ _ In through [G] Bill's town rode [C] an outlaw, [F] he wore his gun low and [C] tied down.
[G] He reined in his horse [C] and announced to [Am] the crowd,
[D] If you speak to me, call me [G] sundown.
[C] His [G] clothes were all [C] dark and fancy, [F] and topped by a black leather [C] vest.
_ [G] Somebody asked [C] how he came by his name, [G] and if he was one [C] of the best. _ _ _
[F] The eyes of the tall stranger _ narrowed, he grinned like the devil possessed.
_ I never fight till the sun's going down, [C] and my back is [F] facing the _ [G] west.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
Said _ he [G] wouldn't be with [C] us tomorrow, [F] he only rode in for [C] one thing. _
[G] He only stopped by to [C] make Bill [Am] Fax die, [D] so he could add [G] to his fame.
[C] Go give [G] Bill Faxton [C] a message, [F] and tell him all killers [C] in town.
_ [G] Tell him we'll meet [C] at the end of the street, [G] just as the sun's [C] going down. _ _
_ _ Somebody [G] said it [C] had been years [F] since old Bill had told you [C] to gun.
_ _ [G]
Sundown replied [C] that it wasn't [Am] his height, [D] that killing old Bill would [G] be fun.
[C] The old ranger [G] sent [C] back his answer, _ [F] tell him that I'm on [C] my way.
[G] I've never ran and [C] I'll meet this young man [G]
at any time of [C] the day. _ _ _
[F] Bill got there just about sunset, it still hung like fire in the sky.
In just a few moments out there in the street, [C] old Bill or the [F] outlaw would die.
_ [Em] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Slowly Bill [G] slid [C] from the saddle, [F] and started to [Am] make his advance.
[C] _
[G] The sun hit the old [C] ranger square in the [Am] [D] eyes, the shadows had [G] started to dance.
[C] Bill [G] started talking [C] to Sundown, _ [F] judging his [Am] distance that way.
[C] [G] Their stride was the same and at [C] just thirty feet, [G] both of the men [C] made their play. _ _
_ _ Bill's gun [G] slipped [C] leather like lightning, [F] his forty-four spoke with [C] a whine.
[G] The sun didn't bother [C] Bill Thaxton [Am] at [D] all, cause the old ranger [G] was flying.
[C] Six [G] shots delivered [C] their message, [F] the ranger had [C] emptied his gun.
[G] Old Bill gave a sigh when [C] there was no reply, [G] he knew that once more [C] he had won. _ _ _
[Em] [F] The old ranger lowered his six gun, he just stood there staring ahead.
_ Watching you'd think that old Bill didn't know, [C] in front of him [F] Sundown lay dead.
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Bill [G] has been gone [C] for a long time, [F] but old timers still can [Am] [C] recall.
[G] The day the old ranger [C] stood up to the test, [G] and proved he was best [C] of them all. _
[Gm] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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