Buck Owens and the Buckaroos – Get Out Of Town Before Sundown (Guitar)

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[Intro] D [Verse 1]
D
Walkin' off the highway, I'd been tryin' to catch a ride

                        A7
Hungry and thirsty as a bear

      A7
Not a penny in my pockets and I'd ran out of pride

                                     D
So I thought I'd try to bum myself a beer

        D
When up stepped a well known posse starin' down at me

                                    A7
A big old shiny badge pinned on his vest

           A7
He said if you ain't got no money and you ain't got no job

                            D
Boy I'm placing you under arrest
[Chorus]
N.C.       D                      G
Or you can get out of town before sundown

    A7                   D
And don't you never come back

          D                   G
Take your tambourine and your guitar strings

    A7               D
and move on down the track

D                           G
Don't like the way that you comb your hair

    A7                     D
the way that you drawl you all

              D                      G
And if you're not out of town before sundown

          A7                 D
you won't get out of town at all
[Verse 2]
       D
Well I hitchhiked down to Phoenix, I was following the sun

                                  A7
Prettiest place I think I've ever seen

  A7
I met a sweet young lady but how was I to know

                                D
That pretty thing was only seventeen

       D
Then I saw the red lights gleamin' and I heard the sirens screamin'

                                           A7
A sound that fills the bravest hearts with fear

             A7
And that old sheriff didn't stutter when to me those words he uttered

                                 D
Boy don't let the sun set on you here
[Chorus]
N.C.       D                      G
You better get out of town before sundown

    A7                   D
And don't you never come back

          D                   G
Take your tambourine and your guitar strings

    A7               D
and move on down the track

D                           G
Don't like the way that you comb your hair

    A7                     D
the way that you drawl you all

              D                      G
And if you're not out of town before sundown

          A7                 D
you won't get out of town at all