Eagles – Doolin-Dalton (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
-
Versions (3)

Auto-scroll

Chords

Written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D.Souther, J. Browne Performed by the Eagles From the LP "Desperado", 1973 Transcribed by - Angelo Taibi - Lyrics and minor tab corrections by Peter Eybert (Capo 2) [Intro] G G/F# Em G Em G G7 C Em A C G D/F# [Verse 1]
          Em             G
They were Doolin, Doolin-Dalton

        Em              G       G7
High or low, it was the same

     C                    Em
Easy money, and faithless women

        A      C        G       B7
Red eye whiskey for the pain
[Verse 2]
Em                           G               B7
Go down Bill Dalton, it must be God's will

Em                         G              G7
Two brothers lyin' dead in Coffeeville

C                           Em
Two voices call to you from where they stood,

A                                    C       G
"Lay down your lawbooks now, they're no damn good."
[Verse 3]
       D/F#    Em             G      B7
Better keep on movin', Doolin-Dalton

            Em            G   G7
Till your shadow sets you free

               C                  Em
And if you're fast, and if you're lucky,

         A7             C       G
You will never see that hangin' tree
[Refrain]
          Bm             G               C      C/B
Well, the towns lay out across the dusty plain

     Am                                Em
Like graveyards filled with tombstones waitin' for the names

      G                 Am      G/B     C       C/B
And a man could use his back or use his brains

    Am                                   D            B7
But some just went stir-crazy Lord cause nothin' ever changed
[Verse 4]
          Em              G      B7
Till Bill Doolin met Bill Dalton

                 Em                G    G7
He was workin' cheap, just biding time

             C                    Em
And then he laughed and said I'm goin'

           A7       D               G
And so he left that peaceful life behind
[Outro] G D/F# Em G C G/B Am7 D9 E