Pride and the Badge Chords by Marty Robbins

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All night long I tried to sleep, [F] but sleep refused [C] to come. _
Cause today I knew I'd either [F] have to fight [C] or run.
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[F] Knowing if [G] I choose to run, [F] my mind would [C] never _ rest.
Cause with so much pride I wear [F] this badge upon [C] my _ _ waist.
_ _ _ Folks are filled with fear because [F] there's three bad guns [C] in town.
_ _ _ Sheriff Olsen made the wrong [F] move and they shot [C] him down.
[E] _ _ [F] One they [G] called Dakota Jack [F] and one [D] El [C] Paso Red.
_ The other just turned twenty and [F] he's called the [C] Killer Kid. _ _ _ _ _ _
Good advice I get and that's [F] to leave and run [C] away.
But _ my pride and badge I wear [F] won't let me live [C] this way. _
[F] And if I stay [G] the three have right, [F] they'll add me to [C] their list. _ _
But I have a different aim [F] and I don't [C] aim to miss.
_ _ _ _ From the doorway where I stand [F] I see the [C] outlaws three.
_ _ _ Worried none because they know [F] the town's not [C] helping me.
_ _ [F] From a [G] hundred yards away [F] I try a [C] lucky shot.
_ Luck is with me and [F] Dakota Jack dies [C] on the spot. _ _ _ _ _
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Well a kid runs through the ballroom [F#] doors and red goes [C#] up the stairs. _
The kid is raging mad, he's [F#] breaking bottles, kicking [C#] chairs. _
[F#] And from a roof [G#] El Paso Red [F#] has vowed to pay [C#] me back.
_ As he views the lifeless [F#] body of [C#] Dakota Jack. _
_ _ _ _ I can see him as he jumps from one roof to [C#] the next.
_ _ Searching for me but he [F#] has no idea [C#] where I'm at.
_ [F#] But I [G#] watch his every move, [F#] I'm ready when [C#] he leaves.
_ _ As I shoot him in midair [F#] he crashes to [C#] the street. _ _ _ _ _
Now there's one against just [F#] one I've evened up the score. _
Down the street I hear a yell come through the [C#] ballroom door.
[F#] The kid has screamed [G#] there's no way [F#] I can live unless [C#] I run. _
Said _ there ain't no law dog [F#] man enough to [C#] take his gun. _
_ _ _ _ Through the ballroom door he [F#] walks and steps out [C#] on the street.
_ _ I can't match his draw he's much [F#] too fast for me [C#] to beat.
[Fm] _ [F#] And as I walk [G#] towards him we [F#] both grab a _
[C#] .45.
_ _ Maybe I will die today [F#] and he will stay [C#] alive. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Like a hammer something hits [G] me spinning me [D] around. _ _
As I fall I shoot him twice [G] before he hits [D] ground. _
[G] His bullet missed me [A] still I feel [G] a burning in [D] my chest.
His bullet hits the badge I wear [G] with pride upon [D] my _ _ _ vest.
_ _ As the people view the bodies [G] of the [D]
lifeless three.
_ _ From their looks I know exactly [G] what they [D] think of me.
[G] To them I'm [A] just a killer _ [G] and they could [D] not care less.
About my pride or about the [G] badge I wear upon [D]
my vest. _ _ _ _ _ _
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