Johnny Cash – The Ballad Of Boot Hill (Guitar)

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[Intro]
G
Here lies Les Moore,

D
four slugs from a forty-four,

             G
no Les no more.
[Verse 1]
          Em                     G
Out in Arizona, just south of Tucson,

                  Em                       D
where tumbleweeds tumble in search of a home,

                                                          G
there's a town they call Tombstone where the brave never cry.

               Em      D                  G
They live by a six-gun, by a six-gun they die.
[Verse 2]
                 Em                            G
It's been a long time now since the town was a boom.

                 Em                        D
The jailhouse is empty, so's the Palace Saloon.

                                               G
Just one look will tell you that this town was real.

               Em       D                   G
A secluded old dirt road leads up to Boot Hill.
[Verse 3]
               Em                             G
Walk up to the fence there and look at the view;

                       Em                         D
That's where they were hangin', eighteen-eighty-two.

                                             G
It's easy to see where the brave men have died;

                  Em      D              G
Rope marks on the old tree are now petrified.
[Verse 4]
                   Em                    G
At night, when the moon shines so far away,

               Em                                   D
It gets mighty lonesome, lookin' down on their graves.

                                             G
There lies Billy Clanton; never wanted to kill,

                        Em     D                   G
but he's there with the guilty, way up on Boot Hill.