Gene Pitney - The man who shot liberty valance
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"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"
(Burt Bacharach - Hal David)
Intro:
(solo fiddle [implies C#m])
E
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
When Liberty VaElance rode to tAown
The womenG#mfolk would C#mhide, they'd hAide B
When Liberty VaElance walked arAound
The men would G#mstep aC#mside
Chorus 1:
'Cause the pG#moint of a gun was the D#monly law
That G#mLiberty understAood B
When it cEame to shG#mooting sC#mtraight and fast
A
Verse 2:
From out of the East a stranger came
A law book in his hand, a man
The kind of a man the West would need
To tame a troubled land
[repeat chorus 1]
Bridge 1:
N.C.
[1: E 2: C#m, to bridge] He was mighty good C#mMany a G#mman would C#mface his gun
And G#mmany a man would fAall B
The mEan who G#mshot C#mLiberty Valance
E He G#mshot C#mLiberty Valance
A [N.C.] (E)
He was the bravest of them all
E C#m A E
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 3:
The love of a girl can make a man stay on
When he should go, stay on
Just trying to build a peaceful life
Where love is free to grow
Chorus 3:
But the point of a gun was the only law
That Liberty understood
When the final showdown came to pass
A law book was no gEood C7
[key change to F]
Verse 4:
Alone and afrFaid, she prayed that hBbe'd
Return that fAmateful nDmight, oh that nBbight C
When nothing she sFaid could keep her Bbman
From going Amout to fDmight
Chorus 4:
From the Ammoment a girl gets to Embe full grown
The vAmery first thing she leBbarns C
When tFwo men Amgo out to fDmace each other
Bb [N.C.] Dm
Only one returns
Bridge 2:
DmEveryone Amheard two sDmhots ring out
The sAmhot made Liberty fBball C
The mFan who sAmhot DmLiberty Valance
F He sAmhot DmLiberty Valance
Bb [N.C.] (Dm)
He was the bravest of them all
Dm C
/ / / / / / / /
Coda:
The mFan who sAmhot DmLiberty Valance
F He sAmhot DmLiberty Valance
Bb [N.C.] Dm
He was the bravest of them all
(solo fiddle Dm and drums to fade)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers