Chris LeDoux – Hairtrigger Colts 44 (Guitar)

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E B A (x6) [Verse 1]
E                       B                  A
I'm a man who's goin' to hell with heaven's blessin'

E                       B              A
The judge said I'm not fit to live with men

E                       B              A
They're buildin' me a gallows in the courtyard

E                      B           A
To make sure I don't pass this way again
[Verse 2]
E                   B             A
My first taste of killin' was at Vicksburg

E             B                A
I must have shot me a hundred men

E                      B            A
I learned to make my livin' with a six-gun

E                   B                A
I'm an outlaw now, but I was a hero then
[Chorus]
E                B             A
Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry

E                       B                 A
That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for

E                  B                A
I wish now I had never touched the handle

E                 B     A
Of a hair-trigger Colt .44
E B A (x2) [Verse 3]
E        B          A
I was a hunted desperado

E             B                   A
A wanted man with a price on my head

E                        B                 A
I thought that I could steal a taste of freedom

E              B              A
I got me a hangman's noose instead
[Chorus]
E                B             A
Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry

E                       B                 A
That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for

E                  B                A
I wish now I had never touched the handle

E                 B     A
Of a hair-trigger Colt .44
[Bridge]
E            B             A
Undertaker write on my tombstone

E                    B                 A
"A killer finally killed" and nothin' more

E                              B                 A
But I wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for Providence

E                       B    A
And that hair-trigger Colt .44
[Chorus]
E                B             A
Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry

E                       B                 A
That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for

E                  B                A
I wish now I had never touched the handle

E                 B     A
Of a hair-trigger Colt .44
[Chorus]
E                B             A
Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry

E                       B                 A
That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for

E                  B                A
I wish now I had never touched the handle

E                 B     A
Of a hair-trigger Colt .44