Ilo Curtis - The Five Round Sixgun
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: AmCapotraste:
4th traste
[Verse 1]
Am G F G Am G
One night we rolled into Ohio, steamer number 49 my dog and I, the engineer, shoveled
F
coal together and we
G Am G F G
work the gears we've been to every depo in every state blown my whistle in all 48 and we
Am
watch as the world
G F G
ever moves away from us old coal folks and our old coal ways
[Verse 2]
Am G F
Well this night we figured we'd head out for a stroll being cooped up in the engine had
G
taken its toll with
Am G F G Am
the dark clouds gathering up overhead the wind was rustling the hair on our heads well I
didn't know someone
G F G Am G
followed us out to the hills in the tall sagebrush well I guess he thought that I had
F
the key to the train
G
cars parked back in the yard
[Verse 3]
Am G F G
Well he shot my pup and he bashed my head searched me over and left me for dead and when
Am
I came to neath that
G F G Am G
Cleaveland moon I seen the dog and the grass and the blood and I laid aside all my fear
F
for my poor assistant
G Am G F G
engineer and I dug a hole there in the dirt and I laid him down with my bloody overshirt
[Bridge]
Dm Em F G Dm
Doesn't that just make you wonder how the world can be so asunder that someone cruel
Em F
would take a life all for
G
dirty money it just ain't right
[Verse 4]
Am G F G Am G
lying there that night, dry bottle in my right hand like the watching of another man I
F G
reach out for my ol six
Am G F G Em Am G
gun and I headed into town and I gunned that poor boy down and waking up next day with
F Em
my memory faded away
Am G F G F G Em
I reached out for my six gun hoping it was not true but there were only five rounds left
[Verse 5]
Am G F G
Well the law never caught me, not like I needed it, I had myself to live what more could
Am
they want? So I drive
G F G Am
this engine to and fro but in the cabin here I'm all alone for my pup is gone and some
G F
poor soul who couldn't
G
find a better way than stealing gold
[outro]
Dm F C G/B Am
and all I can think about is my gun with five rounds left
C G/B Am
oh that gun with five rounds left
How to play Ilo Curtis - The Five Round Sixgun
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