Tall Handsome Stranger Chords by Marty Robbins
Tempo:
103.35 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
G
Fm
Ab
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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A tall handsome [Fm] stranger rode into town with [G] fire in his eyes burning red as [Cm] sundown
His boots were all dusty, [Fm] his coat open wide, six ways of dying [G] hung low on his thigh
He went in the [Cm] town hall asking for me, they told him that I [G] was still town [Cm] deputy
I sent him to prison to [Fm] pay for his crime, he killed a [G] guard on the Santa [Cm] Fe line
[G] He spread word around town that my [Cm] time had come, [Fm] my notch was already [G] carved on his [Cm] gun
He's laughing and bragging [Fm] and having his fun, [Cm] it's all a show for [G] he knows I won't [Cm] run
[Ab] That night in [Bb] silence the town was asleep, [Ab] I sat by my window and [Eb] looked down the street
[D] I wished in [G] my heart that he'd just [Cm] ride away, I hated to face him [Cm] at sunup that day
I met him at sunup, [Fm] the crowd gathered round, [D] waiting and watching [G] for [Cm] one to go down
He grabbed for his six [Fm] gun, trying his best, he cursed [C] as my bullet [G] went deep [Cm] in his chair
He stood there a moment [F] and looked all [Cm] around, [Fm] slowly and [G] lifeless he fell to [Cm] the ground
This stranger's my brother, born an outlaw, he must have forgotten [G] I taught him [Cm] to draw
The [Ab] whole town was waiting [Bb] and I was alone, [Ab] the blood that I spilled [Eb] was just like my own
[Bb] When she hears this story [Cm] how mother will cry, [D] brother [G] gets brother [Cm] and one had to die
[Cm]
His boots were all dusty, [Fm] his coat open wide, six ways of dying [G] hung low on his thigh
He went in the [Cm] town hall asking for me, they told him that I [G] was still town [Cm] deputy
I sent him to prison to [Fm] pay for his crime, he killed a [G] guard on the Santa [Cm] Fe line
[G] He spread word around town that my [Cm] time had come, [Fm] my notch was already [G] carved on his [Cm] gun
He's laughing and bragging [Fm] and having his fun, [Cm] it's all a show for [G] he knows I won't [Cm] run
[Ab] That night in [Bb] silence the town was asleep, [Ab] I sat by my window and [Eb] looked down the street
[D] I wished in [G] my heart that he'd just [Cm] ride away, I hated to face him [Cm] at sunup that day
I met him at sunup, [Fm] the crowd gathered round, [D] waiting and watching [G] for [Cm] one to go down
He grabbed for his six [Fm] gun, trying his best, he cursed [C] as my bullet [G] went deep [Cm] in his chair
He stood there a moment [F] and looked all [Cm] around, [Fm] slowly and [G] lifeless he fell to [Cm] the ground
This stranger's my brother, born an outlaw, he must have forgotten [G] I taught him [Cm] to draw
The [Ab] whole town was waiting [Bb] and I was alone, [Ab] the blood that I spilled [Eb] was just like my own
[Bb] When she hears this story [Cm] how mother will cry, [D] brother [G] gets brother [Cm] and one had to die
[Cm]
Key:
Cm
G
Fm
Ab
Bb
Cm
G
Fm
_ _ _ _ _
A tall handsome [Fm] stranger rode into town with [G] fire in his eyes burning red as [Cm] sundown
His boots were all dusty, [Fm] his coat open wide, six ways of dying [G] hung low on his thigh
_ _ _ _ He went in the [Cm] town hall asking for me, they told him that I [G] was still town [Cm] deputy
I sent him to prison to [Fm] pay for his crime, he killed a [G] guard on the Santa [Cm] Fe line _
_ _ [G] He spread word around town that my [Cm] time had come, [Fm] my notch was already [G] carved on his [Cm] gun
He's laughing and bragging [Fm] and having his fun, [Cm] it's all a show for [G] he knows I won't [Cm] run _ _
_ [Ab] That night in [Bb] silence the town was asleep, [Ab] I sat by my window and [Eb] looked down the street
[D] I wished in [G] my heart that he'd just [Cm] ride away, I hated to face him [Cm] at sunup that day _ _
I met him at sunup, [Fm] the crowd gathered round, [D] waiting and watching [G] for [Cm] one to go down
He grabbed for his six [Fm] gun, trying his best, he cursed [C] as my bullet [G] went deep [Cm] in his chair
He _ _ stood there a moment [F] and looked all [Cm] around, [Fm] slowly and [G] lifeless he fell to [Cm] the ground
This stranger's my brother, born an outlaw, he must have forgotten [G] I taught him [Cm] to draw
The _ _ [Ab] whole town was waiting [Bb] and I was alone, [Ab] the blood that I spilled [Eb] was just like my own
[Bb] When she hears this story [Cm] how mother will cry, [D] brother [G] gets brother [Cm] and one had to die _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
A tall handsome [Fm] stranger rode into town with [G] fire in his eyes burning red as [Cm] sundown
His boots were all dusty, [Fm] his coat open wide, six ways of dying [G] hung low on his thigh
_ _ _ _ He went in the [Cm] town hall asking for me, they told him that I [G] was still town [Cm] deputy
I sent him to prison to [Fm] pay for his crime, he killed a [G] guard on the Santa [Cm] Fe line _
_ _ [G] He spread word around town that my [Cm] time had come, [Fm] my notch was already [G] carved on his [Cm] gun
He's laughing and bragging [Fm] and having his fun, [Cm] it's all a show for [G] he knows I won't [Cm] run _ _
_ [Ab] That night in [Bb] silence the town was asleep, [Ab] I sat by my window and [Eb] looked down the street
[D] I wished in [G] my heart that he'd just [Cm] ride away, I hated to face him [Cm] at sunup that day _ _
I met him at sunup, [Fm] the crowd gathered round, [D] waiting and watching [G] for [Cm] one to go down
He grabbed for his six [Fm] gun, trying his best, he cursed [C] as my bullet [G] went deep [Cm] in his chair
He _ _ stood there a moment [F] and looked all [Cm] around, [Fm] slowly and [G] lifeless he fell to [Cm] the ground
This stranger's my brother, born an outlaw, he must have forgotten [G] I taught him [Cm] to draw
The _ _ [Ab] whole town was waiting [Bb] and I was alone, [Ab] the blood that I spilled [Eb] was just like my own
[Bb] When she hears this story [Cm] how mother will cry, [D] brother [G] gets brother [Cm] and one had to die _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _