Gillian Welch – Shotgun Song (Guitar)

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Note: For the B7 chords, use 021240 for B7*, the second voicing in the refrain. [Intro] Em [Verse 1]
Em
Well I wish I had a shotgun

Em
I'd tie it to my side

C
Never be without the power

   G
To make a man do right

C
Steady on my shoulders

G
Standing in the wind

B7
Well I've been down before

      B7*            Em
But I won't be down again
[Verse 2]
Em
And if I had a pony

Em
How fast I would ride

C
Yippie-tiy-iy-ay

         G
With the shotgun at my side

C
An outlaw to my foes

  G
A hero to my friends

B7
I've been down before

      B7*            Em
But I won't be down again
[Verse 3]
Em
Well the days would be so easy

Em
The nights would be so slow

C
I'd turn my pony south, boys

    G
And ride to Mexico

   C
My pockets full of silver

   G
To gamble or to lay

B7
Cause I've been down before

      B7*            Em
But I won't be down again
[Verse 4]
Em
But I ain't got no silver

Em
No pony, no gun

C
All I got's this hammer

     G
Like old John Henry swung

C
Been ten years on this chain gang

G
One more day, and then

B7
I've been down before

      B7*            Em
But I won't be down again
[Verse 5]
C
Now standing on this rock pile

   G
Of four and twenty men

B7
Well I've been down before

      B7*            Em
But I won't be down again

B7
I've been down before

      B7*            Em
But I won't be down again