Gene Pitney – The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance (Guitar)

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Bm7 = x20202 F#m = xx4222 [Verse 1]
     A                    Em
When Liberty Valance rode to town

                    Bm7   G
The womenfolk would hide, they'd hide

D
When Liberty Valance walked around

                   Bm7
The men would step aside
[Chorus]
           A
'Cause the point of a gun was the only law

F#m          A
That Liberty understood

                Em
When it came to shooting straight and fast

Bm7           D
He was mighty good
[Verse 2]
                                G
From out of the East a stranger came

      D           Bm7   G
A law book in his hand, a man

A                          G
The kind of a man the West would need

          Bm7
To tame a troubled land
[Chorus]
           A
'Cause the point of a gun was the only law

F#m          A
That Liberty understood

                Em
When it came to shooting straight and fast

G             D
He was mighty good
[Bridge]
                 D
Many a man would face his gun

                     A
And many a man would fall

    D
The man who shot Liberty Valance

Bm7
He shot Liberty Valance

G                     Bm7       G   D
He was the bravest of them all
[Verse 3]
D
The love of a girl can make a man stay on

Bm7                G
When he should go, stay on

     D
Just trying to build a peaceful life

                     Bm7
Where love is free to grow
[Chorus]
        A
But the point of a gun was the only law

     F#m           A
That Liberty understood

                        Em
When the final showdown came at last

G                  D
A law book was no good
[Verse 4]
D
Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd

       Bm7                 G
Return that fateful night, oh that night

     D
When nothing she said could keep her man

                  Bm7
From going out to fight
[Chorus]
         A
From the moment a girl gets to be full grown

    F#m                  A
The very first thing she learns

                       Em
When two men go out to face each other

G        D
Only one returns
[Verse 5]
D
Everyone heard two shots ring out

         Bm7           G
One shot made Liberty fall
The man who shot Liberty Valence
        D
He shot Liberty Valance

           Bm7             D
He was the bravest of them all
[Outro]
G
The man who shot Liberty Valance

   D
He shot Liberty Valance

           Bm7             D
He was the bravest of them all
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