Backie's Gunman

G D D7 G I was known as Blackie's gunman, the best of gunman in the land G D D7 G I could shoot the ace of diamonds with a draw from either hand G D D7 G With the dice I had no equal, some of them are with us now, G D D7 G most of them are sadly sleeping 'neath the weeping willow bough. G D G Many a cowboy's game I've played in, left that night with all their gold, G D D7 G as a sport I was broken, as a sport I let it go. G D7 G I once loved a girl named Nellie, how we loved no tongue can tell, G D D7 G but I know I'll never meet her, oh t hard to say farewell. G D D7 G Her eyes were like the deep blue water, and her hair was golden curls, G D D7 G and her cheeks were crimson velvet and her teeth were snow white pearls. G D D7 G Together we lived in a cottage, and our life it was a dream, G D D7 G and the angels they watched o'er us, made our life one happy dream.