Chords for Steve Earle - Don't Take Your Guns To Town

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A young cowboy named Billy _ [A] Joker restless on [D] the farm. _
_ A good boy filled with _ wanderlust [Am] who really meant [D] no harm.
_ [G] He changed his clothes and shined his boots and combed his dark hair _ down.
_ _ _ [D] His mother cried as he walked out.
_ _ _ [G] Don't take your [D] guns to town son, [G] leave your [D] guns in home bill.
_ [G] Don't take your [D] guns to town. _ _ _ _
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_ He laughed and kissed his mom and said, [A] you Billy Joes [D] man.
_ I can shoot as quick and straight [A] as anybody [D] _ can.
_ [G] If I wouldn't shoot when loud I'd cause that gunman by that _ mouth.
He [A] _ _ _ [D] cried again as he rode away. _ _
[G] Don't take your guns [D] to town son, [G] leave your guns [D] in home bill.
_ _ _ [G] Don't take your guns [D] to town. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ He sang a song as he rode along, his [A] guns hung at [D] his hips.
_ He rode into a cattle town [A] a smile upon his [D] lips.
_ [G] He stopped and walked into a bar and laid his money _ _ _ down. _ _
[D] But his mother's words echoed again.
_ _ _ [G] Don't take your [D] guns to town [G] son, leave your guns in [D] home bill. _ _ _ _
[G] Don't take your [D] guns to town. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ He _ drank his first strong liquor then [A] calmed his shaking [D] hand. _
He tried to tell _ himself at last [A] he had _ become [D] a man.
A [G] dusty _ cowpoke at his side began to laugh him _ [D] _ _
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_ _ He heard again his mother's _ words. _ _
[G] Don't take your [D] guns to town [G] son, leave your [D] guns in home bill.
_ _ _ _ [G] Don't take your [D] guns to town. _ _ _ _ _ _
And in his rage Billy Joe [A] reached for his gun to [D] draw.
But _ the stranger drew his gun and fired [A] before he even [D] saw. _
[G] As Billy Joe fell to the floor the crowd all gathered _ _ round.
_ _ _ [D] He wondered at his final _ words. _ _
Don't [G] take your guns [D] to town son, [G] leave your [D] guns in home bill.
[G] Don't take your [D] guns to town.
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_ _ _ 120 _ years have passed and nothing's really changed.
_ _ _ _ _ A young man on the city streets [A] he has to make his name.
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_ He's still too young to know a [G] gun can't make a boy a man.
_ _ _ _ [D] His mama cries as he walks _ out.
_ _ [G] Don't take your guns [D] to town son, _ [G] leave your guns [D] in home bill. _ _ _
[G] Don't take your guns to [D]
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