The Hollies – The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam Mcgee (Guitar)

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As recorded by The Hollies (From the 1974 Album HOLLIES) [Intro] E N.C. E [1st Verse]
E
Big tall man standing in the street

                      A
Gun hanging on by his side

A
Just one man that he'd like to meet

       B7
That's when I began to hide
[2nd Verse]
  E
I recognized him from the face of his son

                           A
The hate in his eye didn't lie

A
And what I did can't be undone

B7                             E
Borrowed time, there's none to buy
[3rd Verse]
E
Well, I hid around the back of a derelict shack

                            A
Ain't looking for a mad showdown

A
But he was smart, he'd already checked

  B7
A week in advance I'd paid down
[4th Verse]
          E
Well, the hotel clerk was a fun-loving man

                         A
The job he had it didn't pay

A
He told all about what happened that night

             B7                        E
There he is, that's the one's all he'd say
[Chorus]
E
Well, all the people were

B7                          
Running, jumping, even thumping

   A
On my bad neighbor's doors

       B7
Crying curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly

A                   
Let me in I gotta hide

E
Well, everybody was

B7
Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying

A
No one to protect our town

B7
Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly

     A                        E
He's gonna shoot your sheriff down
[Interlude] E [5th Verse]
E
Big tall man standing in the street

                             A
Now a hand hovering ready to slide

A
Drew out his gun, it wasn't for fun

    B7
Let me in there's nowhere to hide
[6th Verse]
E
Well, I made my play but it wasn't my day

                   A
I felt the ripping lead

A
That's when I knew my time was through

        B7                           E7
Rest in peace were the last words he said
[Chorus]
E
Well, all the people were

B7
Running, jumping, even thumping

   A
On my bad neighbor's doors

       B7                                       A
Crying curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly

A
Let me in I gotta hide

E
Well, everybody was

B7                          
Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying

A
No one to protect our town

B7                                       A
Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly

                              E
He's gonna shoot your sheriff down
[Out-Chorus]
E
Well, all the people were

B7
Running, jumping, even thumping

   A
On my bad neighbor's doors

       B7                                        
Crying curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly

A
Let me in I gotta hide

E
Well, everybody was

B7
Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying

A
No one to protect our town

B7                                        
Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly

     A                        E
He's gonna shoot your sheriff down

B7
Running, jumping, even thumping

      A
On my bad neighbor's doors

       B7                                       A
Crying curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly

A                      E
Let me in I gotta hide

E
Well, everybody was

B7
Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying

A
No one to protect our town