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Tuning: E A D G B E
E B A (x6) [Verse 1]
EI'm a man who's goin' toB hell with heaven'sA blessin' EThe judge said I'm not fBit to live withA men EThey're buildin' me a gaBllows in the coAurtyard ETo make sure I don't paBss this way Aagain
[Verse 2]
EMy first taste of kiBllin' was at VAicksburg EI must have shBot me a hundred mAen EI learned to make my liBvin' with a sAix-gun EI'm an outlaw now, bBut I was a hero tAhen
[Chorus]
ELord, if I had onBly known the mAis'ry EThat glory's somethin' nBot worth killin' fAor EI wish now I had neBver touched the hAandle EOf a hair-trigger BColt .A44
E B A (x2) [Verse 3]
EI was a hBunted despeArado EA wanted man wBith a price on my heAad EI thought that I could stBeal a taste of freAedom EI got me a hangBman's noose insAtead
[Chorus]
ELord, if I had onBly known the mAis'ry EThat glory's somethin' nBot worth killin' fAor EI wish now I had neBver touched the hAandle EOf a hair-trigger BColt .A44
[Bridge]
EUndertaker wrBite on my tombAstone E"A killer finally kilBled" and nothin' mAore EBut I wouldn't be here if it haBdn't been for ProvAidence EAnd that hair-trigger CoBlt .4A4
[Chorus]
ELord, if I had onBly known the mAis'ry EThat glory's somethin' nBot worth killin' fAor EI wish now I had neBver touched the hAandle EOf a hair-trigger BColt .A44
[Chorus]
ELord, if I had onBly known the mAis'ry EThat glory's somethin' nBot worth killin' fAor EI wish now I had neBver touched the hAandle EOf a hair-trigger BColt .A44