Bad Company – Smokin 45 (Guitar)

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SMOKIN' 45 (ALTERNATIVE VERSION 1) As recorded by Bad Company (From the 1979 Album DESOLATION ANGELS - CD REISSUE BONUS TRACK) [Intro] D C A D C A [Verse 1]
              D                      G7              D
I've seen the Bad Lands, I've held a whirlwind in my hand

G            D
Slept in the centre

            G               D
Whiskey has washed away the sand, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm7
Gamblers who cheated

    Am7
And sheriffs who lied

    Gm7
The last thing they saw

         C
From the death that they died
[Chorus]
       Fm7       Bb   Fm7       Bb
Was my Smokin' 45, my smokin' 45
[Verse 2]
             D
Ten thousand dollars

                G              D
That's what I'm worth dead or alive

G          D
Six loaded chambers

        G               D
Ten men rode up not one survived
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm7                     Am7
They got my name on the telegraph wire

Gm7                    Am7
Dead men's faces and a gun that's for hire

Dm7
Gamblers who cheated

Am7
And Sheriffs who lied

    Gm7
The last thing they saw

         C
From the death that they died
[Chorus]
       Fm7       Bb    Fm7       Bb N.C.
Was my smokin' 45, my smokin' 45,
[Guitar Solo] D G D G D G D [Pre-Chorus]
    Gm7                 Am7
I'm riding south to the Mexico line

Gm7
Posse behind me

            Am7
And they're making good time

Dm7
Men with vendetta's

    Am7
Who shouldn't have tried

   Gm7
To reach for quick fame

       C
With a gun at their side
[Chorus]
           F7        Bb
Against my smokin' 45

   F7        Bb
My smokin' 45

   F7        Bb  F7
My smokin' 45

                 Bb           F7
I'm talking about my smokin' 45
[Outro] Bb F7 Bb F7 Bb F7 Bb F7 Bb F7 Bb
           F7
My smokin' 45

               Bb            F7
Gonna get you, can depend my friend

               Bb           F7  Bb  F7  Bb  F7
Gonna get you, dead or alive

   Bb       F7  C7 F7
My smokin'