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[Verse 1]
CI rode into Tucson three G7hours ago For supplies and a short friendly Cgame Of poker while Smitty G7put some new shoes On old Dan before he goes Clame
[Verse 2]
I sat in a game at thG7e Miner's Saloon Soon I had doubled my Cstake The cards run like they'd been dealt G7by Lady Luck They were just sealing my Cfate
[Verse 3]
A Fyoung cowboy lost more than Che could afford And acFcused me of dealing too Csmart His Fdraw was too slow and he Cfell to the floor With G7three bullets close to the Cheart
[Chorus]
Oh Fcottonwood tree are Emyou waiting for me DmWaiting to take me Caway FI've done no wrong but the Ctown cannot see And G7so with my life I must Cpay
[Verse 4]
A crowd started gathering the G7sheriff came in I handed him over my Cgun Was then when I found out the G7boy I had killed Was the town's biggest man's only Cson
[Verse 5]
I tried to explain I G7had shot in defense It was the young cowboy or Cme The crowd wouldn't listen so G7they drug me out To the limb of this cottonwood Ctree
[Verse 6]
Majestically standing out G7here all alone It's spring and the valley is Cgreen But I can't admire a place G7I don't belong To me it's all like a bad Cdream
[Verse 7]
But Fold Dan's beneath me with Cnew shoes and all As Fthey place the noose round my Cneck FCowboys I've never laid Ceyes on before Are G7tying my hands to my Cback
[Chorus]
Oh Fcottonwood tree are Emyou waiting for me DmWaiting to take me Caway FI've done no wrong but the Ctown cannot see And G7so with my life I must Cpay
[Verse 8]
I see hate in the eyes of the G7town's biggest man As he pulls a branch from the Ctree To whip the backside of my G7old pony Dan So he'll run out from under Cme
[Verse 9]
Insane he won't listen to G7my last appeal A wild grin has covered his Cface As I tried to reason just G7how he would feel If he were up here in my Cplace
[Verse 10]
There's many a mountain trail G7I'll never ride Green valleys I'll never Csee A young cowboy died and a G7man's foolish pride Brought me to this cottonwood Ctree
[Verse 11]
My Fface is turned upward and CI cannot breathe The Fsky's growing dark overChead The Fknot's pulling tight as my Cbody sweeps free A G7few moments more I'll be Cdead
[Chorus]
OhF cottonwood tree areEm you waiting for me DmWaiting to take me Caway FI've done no wrong but the Ctown cannot see And G7so with my life I must Cpay