Steam Powered Giraffe – Rex Marksley (Guitar)

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 A      D
Rex Marksley

Bm               E  
Finest marksman in the west

 A      D
Rex Marksley

Bm                           E  
When it came to gun slinging he was the best

                A 
Rex Marksley at an younger age

                D
shot holes in cans without a missin'

                Bm
sadly they were in the pantry

                A
so beans painted the whole darn kitchen

              A
His parents then let him shoot

              D
the empty cans out on their fence

              Bm
but Rex trick shot out all the nails

              A
so out the fence all their cows went
His father cried!
 A      D
Rex Marksley

Bm               E
Finest marksman in the west

A       D
Rex Marksley

Bm                           E
When it came to gun slinging he was the best

            A
Rex Marksley was a tinkerer

            D
an engineer extraordinaire

            Bm
He made quick-reloading gadgets

            A
so he could fire non-stop with panache and flare

            A
He became a gun for hire

            D
and a hero whereever he roamed

            Bm
he disarmed forty bandits one time

            A
with two gunshots all on his own

 A      D
Rex Marksley

Bm               E     
Finest marksman in the west

 A      D
Rex Marksley

Bm                           E
When it came to gun slinging he was the best

 D       A            E       D
He had heart and a righteous stand

 F#min                 A      E        F#min
and they tell of his stories across the land

 D              A         E        D
He jammed the guns that fired his way

F#min           A               E        F#min
by shooting bullets into their barrels they say

 D                          A             E            F#min
He shot lightning from his hands with a miraculous invention, 

 D                 A           E                  F#min
and zapped that evil demon train back to it's own dimension

 D                     A         E         F#min
That giant copper ore golem, oh it was a fright, 

 D                A             E    F#min
till Rex projectiled pick axes with dynamite

 D                         A                    E        F#min
He fought the corrupt Rattlesnake King and it hissed in agony, 

 D                        A            E         F#min
then Rex taught all the jackalopes to yodel in harmony
Here we go now! (Yodelling) D, A, E, F#min x2 --------------------------------------- (Underneath Mikes Solo) A, D, Bm, E x4
 D                  A                E                     D
Rex Marksley rode across the West bringing justice to the land

F#min                  A                    E               F#min
He tamed enormous vultures, reined and flew them with one hand

 D                           A          E           D
All the women blushed and fainted when Rex winked his eye

F#min                      A        E   F#min
and the bad guys always fell to their demise

 D               A         E                D
The man was a legend and hero through and through

 F#min             A            E              F#min
and Rex was a friend to the battered and the bruised

 D                      A         E           D
He had seen a lot of wonderments in his glory days

 F#min              A                  E      F#min
and he died an old man alone on the prairie they say

 A    D
Rex Marksley

 Bm                    E
Finest marksman in the west

 A     D
Rex Marksley

  Bm                          E
When it came to gun slinging he was best

       D
Yeehaw, yeehaw

  E
Yehaw!

      A      D     
  Bang bang!

      E
    Yeehaw

      A
  Bang bang