Marty Robbins – Running Gun (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
D                                 G
I rode out of Kansas City, going south to Mexico

      A                                G                D
I was running dodging danger, left the girl that I loved so

                                    G
Far behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earned

       A                                G             D
Twenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had learned
[Chorus]
      G                             D
Many times I sold my fast gun for a place to lay my head

          G                              D               A
Till the nights began to haunt me by the men that I left dead
[Verse 2]
          D                           G
Couldn't stand it any longer with the life that I'd begun

      A                             G              D
So I said good-bye to Jeannie and became a running gun

                            G
I rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west

   A                               G                D
My thoughts in Kansas City and the girl that I love best

                                           G
As I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned away to go

         A                               G             D
Said I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old Mexico
[Chorus]
G                                   D
I had barely left the saddle and my foot just touched the ground

       G                                   D             A
When a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn around
[Verse 3]
        D                                 G
Said he knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid by the law

           A                        G                 D
Challenged by a bounty hunter, so I turned around to draw

                                    G
I knew someday I'd meet him for his hand like lightning flashed

   A                               G                D
My own gun stood in leather as his bullet tore it's path

                                         G
As my strength was slowly fading I could see him walk away

      A                                G                 D
And I knew that where I lie tonight he too must lie some day
[Chorus]
G                                         D
Now the crowd is slowly gathering and my eyes are growing dim

       G
And my thoughts return to Jeannie

        D                 A
and the home that we had planned

          D
Oh please tell her won't you mister

           G
that she's still the only one

      A                               G               D
But a woman's love is wasted when she loves a running gun