The Skies Of Lincoln County Chords by Dave Stamey

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[Dm] My name is William Bonney and [C] I have some things to tell _
_ [Dm] _ All about my life and death [C] and the way things are in hell _ _
[Bb] And the lies they told [F] about me after [Bb] Garrett shot me [F] down _
[C] New Mexico _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ 1881 _ _
_ [D] _ _ 21 [Dm] were the lives [C] that Garrett said I took _ _
_ _ [Dm] That was just another lie.
He wrote down in his book. _ _
[Bb] Oh
He had to make [F] it seem as though [Bb] I were the [F] devil's seed
But [C] the lies I took _ they were three _ _ _ _
And [Bb] the skies of Lincoln _ County [F] were as blue as blue could be _
[Bb] And the Sun that shines on you
[F] Well, it used to shine [C] on me
_ _ And [Bb] I knew the smell of wood smoke and [F] I liked the taste of beer
the [C] only difference now
_ _ Is I'm not here _
_ _ I'm in [Bb] New Mexico [C] it's
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1881 _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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Man who lied to save his skin [C] won't look you in the eye
_ _ _ _ [A] Garrett never saw my [C] face when he let those bullets fly
_ [Bb] And I died there in [F] Pete _ Maxwell's room [Bb] no boots upon [F] my feet in [C] the dark _
_ _ And all alone _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] They had _ [A] themselves an [Dm] inquest
[C] _ Then they buried me
He _ [Dm] made me into something that [C] I never meant to be
_ And [Bb] the vultures [F] came and chipped away the [Bb] _
headstone from [F] my grave
And then [C] took it home _ _ _ _ _ _
souvenirs _ _ and
[Bb] the skies of Lincoln County were as [F] blue as blue could be and
_ [Bb] The Sun that shines on you.
[F] Well, it used to shine [C] on me _ _ _ _
And [Bb] I knew the smell of wood smoke and I [F] liked the taste of beer _
the [C] only difference now _ _ _
I'm not here
_ _ _ I'm in [Bb] New Mexico and [C] it's _ _
1881
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_ [A] _ History books [Dm] are written by [C] the ones who survived _ _
_ [Dm] _ Garrett was the one who came [C] out of that room life _ and [Bb] the harness of my [F] ghost _
_ Made it sing and dance and I am [C] dancing still _ _ _
I'm dancing still the _ _ _ corners [Dm] of my hell _
_ [C] They never ever change. _
_ [Dm] _ I
Am doomed forever to [C] this little piece of range _
_ [Bb] trapped here by [F] legend
That's [Bb] no making of [F] my own. _
[C] I look around _ _ _
And I see
_ _ _ It's still [Bb] New Mexico and [C] it's _ _ [Dm] 1881
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the [Bb] skies of Lincoln County were as blue as blue could be and
The [Bb] Sun that shines on you.
Well, it [F] used to shine [C] on me _
_ _ And [Bb] I knew the smell of wood smoke and I liked the taste of beer
_ the only [C] difference now _
_ _ I'm not here. _ _
_ I'm in [Bb] New Mexico and it's [C] _ _ _ [A] 1881 _ _ _
[Dm] It's still [C] New Mexico, _ it's _ _ 1881
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