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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # THE OUTLAW by Larry Norman, from ONLY VISITING THIS PLANET # Transcribed by Robin Hale-Cooper and Wayne Ruotolo in September 1995, # Robin: voice:804-288-1716, EMAIL: # Wayne: voice:804-740-9699, EMAIL # Thanks to Kevin Berk at KBerk@bdm.com for the words to this song. # -------------------------------------------------------------------------

chord: C/G 3 x 2 0 1 3 1

chord: D x 0 0 2 3 2 1

chord: G 3 2 0 0 0 3 1

chord: F x x 3 2 1 1 1

chord: C x 3 2 0 1 0 1

title:The Outlaw, by Larry Norman

INTRO: G C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G
Some Gsay He was an C/Goutlaw, that He roamed across the Gland With a Dband of unschooled ruffians and a Cfew old fishermen No one Gknew just where He C/Gcame from or exactly what He'd Gdone But they Dsaid it must be something bad that Fkept Him on the Crun.G C/G G C/G
Some Gsay He was a C/Gpoet that He'd stand upon the Ghill And his Dvoice could calm an angry crowd or Cmake the waves stand still That He Gspoke in many C/Gparables that few could under-Gstand But the Dpeople sat for hours just to Flisten to this Cman.G C/G G C/G
Some Gsay He was a C/Gsorcerer a man of myste-Gry He could Dwalk upon the water. He could Cmake a blind man see. That He Gconjured wine at C/Gweddings and did tricks with fish and Gbread. That He Dtalked of being born again and raised Fpeople from the Cdead.G C/G G C/G
1ST BREAK: G C/G G C/G D C G C/G G C/G D F C G
Some Gsay a poli-C/Gtician who spoke of being Gfree He was Dfollowed by the masses on the Cshores of Galilee He spoke Gout against corrup-C/Gtion and He bowed to no de- Gcree And they Dfeared His strength and power so they Fnailed Him to a Ctree.G C/G
2ND BREAK: C6 D7 Em6 C G6 Em Am Am6 G
Some Gsay He was the C/GSon of God a man above all Gmen But He Dcame to be a servant and to Cset us free from sin And Gthat's who I be-C/Glieve He was 'cause that's who I be- Glieve And I Dthink we should get ready 'cause it's Ftime for us to Cleave.G
ENDING: C6 D7 Em6 C G6 Em Am Am6 G

comment:The Outlaw, by Larry Norman, from "Only Visiting this Planet"

comment:The C/G sounds better in this song than just C. If you make your G with your pinkie,

comment:ring and middle fingers, you can easily change to C/G by fretting your index finger

comment:on the 2nd string/1st fret, and then moving your middle finger from the 5th string

comment:to the 4th string/2nd fret. Your ring finger will muff the 5th string.

comment:If you don't want to fool with the C/G, you can use C.

Fingerstyle:

comment:Just hold the chord shown and pluck the stings by number. The strings are numbered

comment:1 to 6. String 1 is the high E string. It is the thinnest string, on the bottom

comment: as you hold the guitar. Strings count up from there, 2 3 4 5 ... The 6th string

comment:is the low (deepest sound) E string. It is the thickest string, on the top as you

comment:hold the guitar. You will have to figure out which fingers you like to use for

comment:each string. I tend to use my ring finger for the 1st sting, middle finger for the 2nd,

comment:index finger for 3rd string, and my thumb for the 4th, 5th and 6th strings.

G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 (Introduction) G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 Some G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 say He was an ... outlaw, that He C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 roamed across the ... land, With A D4 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 D4 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 band of unschooled ... ruffians and a C5 2 3 1 5 2 4 3 C5 2 3 1 5 2 4 3 few old fisher- ... men. No one G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 knew just where He ... came from or ex- C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 actly what He'd ... done, But they D4 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 D4 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 said it must be ... something bad that F4 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 C5 2 3 1 5 2 4 3 kept Him on the ... run G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3 G6 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 C/G6 3 4 2 6 3 4 3

comment:Here is the TAB for the 2nd break: