The Bird Hunters Chords by Turnpike Troubadours

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_ _ _ Well, [Em] the covey [G] took wing, _ [D] _
_ [G] shotguns a-singin',
I point and dog down in [D] the old logging road.
[Em] And then he [G] got three [D] and looked [G] back a _ -grinnin',
I fumbled _ around and [D] I tried to reload.
[C] The country [G] was cold [D] where the sun went [G] through,
I'm thinkin' it's good to be back in [D] this place.
_ With [C] my _ [G] hands around [D] _
Belgian [G] Mae Brown
and my mind on the lines of her [D]
face. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Well now, Danny's [G] my buddy, [D] we grew up [G] like family.
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I knit [G] this timber [D]
before we could drive.
[Em] And the old [G] English pointer, [D] he once belonged [G] to me,
but I gave him up when [D] I moved in old fire.
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Off with [G] the girl, [D]
off to [G] the city, _
off on a wing and [D] a chain.
_ _ Well, [C] I thought I'd [G] play out _ [D]
just like [Gm] some story,
[C] but we fell [G] in love [D] at a _ rodeo dance. _ _
_ She _ [G] said, go _ on back to Cherokee _ County,
won't you crawl back with nothing [D] but a razor and a comb.
[G] She said, baby, if you need me, [C] I'll be where [G] you found me.
Go on to hell, [D] honey, I'm headed [Em] home.
The _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
man [E] says, look at old [G]
Jim, [D] a dozen _ [G] _
Decembers behind him,
no words for [D] the wearer. _
And your [Em] time spent [G] in Tulsa [D] did not help [G] your shooting.
And look at the gray in your [D] hair. _ _
_ [C] How good does [G] it feel, [D] you belong in [G] these hills.
It's best that you let it [D] all in. _ _
_ [C] You'd have married that [G]
girl.
[D] You'd have married [G] her family.
You dodged a bullet, [D] my friend. _ _
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She [G] said, go _ on back to Cherokee County,
won't you crawl back with nothing [D] but a razor and a comb.
[G] She said, baby, if you need me, I'll be where you found me.
Go on to hell, [D] honey, I'm headed [Em]
home.
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_ _ _ _ [Em] Oh, and I was beginning _ [D] to deal with the end.
[A] The old dog had pawned it [C#] while part of [D] me died.
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_ [E] Then a flutter of feathers, [D] then a shotgun to shoulder.
[C] I thought of [G] the 4th of [D] July. _ _
She'd be [C] home on [G] the 4th of [D] July. _ _
Bet [C] we'd dance on [G] the 4th of [D] July. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] Dances, hell of a [G] shot, [D] looks like he's [G] still got it.
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That's what [G] we came here [D] to do.
_ _ Well, [C] it's light enough [G] steel [D] at the foot of [G] the hill.
We [C] could kick up [G] a single [D] or two. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ She [G] said, go _ on back [C] to Cherokee [G] County,
[C] won't you crawl back [G] with nothing [D] but a razor and a comb.
[G] She said, baby, if you need me, [C] I'll be where you [G] found me.
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Go on [G] to hell, honey, [D]
I'm headed [G] home.
_ [C] Go on [G] to hell, honey, [D]
I'm headed [Em] home. _ _ _
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