# Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1995 15:10:37 -0300 From: Charlie Berube <ab054@cfn.cs.dal.ca> Subject: Running Gun To: Greg Vaughn <G.Vaughn@ttacs.ttu.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 RUNNING GUN by Marty Robins

^DI rode out of Kansas City,going/ s^G7outh to Mexico I was/ ^Arunning dodging danger,left the^G7/ girl that I loved s^Do

Far behind lay Kansas City and the/ ^G7past that I had earned Twenty/ n^Aotches on my six gun marked the/ le^G7ssons I had learn^Ded

Many ti^G7mes I sold my fast gun for a/ ^Dplace to lay my head Till the/ ^G7nights began to haunt me by the/^D men that I lay dea^Ad

Couldn't/ ^Dstand it any longer with the/^G7 life that I'd begun So I/ ^Asaid good-bye to Jeannie and/ ^G7became a running ^Dgun

I rode into Amarillo as the s^G7un sank in the west My t^Ahoughts in Kansas City and the g^G7irl that I love best ^D

As I smiled and kissed her gently and then t^G7urned around to go Said I'd s^Aend for her to meet me when I re^G7ached old Mexico^D

^G7I had barely left the saddle and my f^Doot just touched the ground When a c^G7old voice from the shadows told me n^Dot to turn around ^A

Said he n^Dew about my fast gun,new the pr^G7ice paid by the law Challenged by a^A bounty hunter,so I tu^G7rned around to draw ^D

I ^Dknew someday I'd meet him for his h^G7and like lightning flashed My o^Awn gun stayed in leather as his bu^G7llet tore it's pat^Dh

As my strength was slowly fading,I could see h^G7im walk away And I k^Anew that where I lie today,he to^G7 must lie some day ^D

^G7Now my strength is slowly fading and my e^Dyes are growing dim And my t^G7houghts return to Jeannie

and the ^Dhome that we had planned^A Oh please ^Dtell her won't you mister

that she's s^G7till the only one But a w^Aoman's love is waisted when she ^G7loves a running gun^D

Cheers!!! Charlie

Marty Robbins - Running gun