Chords
Ballad Of a Well Known Gun

Key: D

Introduction: D    G/D    D    

difficulty
intermediate |||||
D                                                                                                                                                 G  
I pulled out my Stage Coach Times and I read the latest news.
     A                                              D                                                    G                 A7                    D      G      G/A  
I tapped my feet in dumb surprise and of course I saw they knew.
          D                                            G                                      D                                         G  
The Pinkertons pulled out my bags and asked me for my name.
A                                              D                         A                                    D      D7              G/A      D      D7  
I stuttered out my answer and hung my head in shame.
G/A                      D                                                                      A7  
Now they've found me.      At last they've found me.
                                  G                                                 D  
It's hard to run from a starving family.
G/A                      D                         G                 D                    G                 G/D  
Now they've found me.              Well I won't run.
                                  D                 Bm         A/C#         G                         D  
I'm tired of hearing "There goes a well-known gun".
D                                                                                 Em7/A                    D                                 G  
Now I've seen this chain gang - Lord, I say let me see my priest.
     A                                                                 D                                      G                 A7                            D      G      G/A  
I couldn't have faced your desert sand-old burning brown-backed beast.
             D                                                      G                                      D                                                 G  
The poor house they hit me for my kin and claimed my crumbling walls.
A                                    D                                    A                                    D      D7              G/A      D      D7  
Now I know how Reno felt when he ran from the law.
Chorus
D  
Oh, the well-known gun
D  
(Now they've found me) There goes the well-known gun
D  
(I said found me) There goes the well-known gun