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E A G#m C#m A B When Liberty Valance rode to town, the women folk would hide, they'd hide E A G#m C#m When Liberty Valance walked around, the men would step aside G#m D#m G#m A B Because the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood E G#m C#m A E When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good >From out of the east a stranger came, a law book in his hand, a man The kind of a man the west would need to tame a troubled land 'Cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood C#m When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty good. C#m G#m C#m G#m A B Many a man would face his gun, and many a man would fall. E G#m C#m E G#m C#m The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance, A C#m A E He was the bravest of them all. The love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go, stay on Just trying to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood E C7 When the final showdown came to pass, a law book was no good F Bb Am Dm Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night, Bb C ahh that night F Bb Am Dm When nothing she said could keep her man from going out to fight Am Em Am Bb C >From the moment a girl gets to be full grown, the very first thing she learns F Am Dm Bb Dm When two men go out to face each other, only one returns Dm Am Dm Am Bb Everyone heard two shots ring out, the shot made Liberty fall F Am Dm F Am Dm The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance, Bb Dm C he was the bravest of them all. F Am Dm F Am Dm The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance, Bb Dm he was the bravest of them all.