Key: C
Introduction:
Bm D
Stanley was a drifter back in '53
A Bm
Never had a bed where he could sleep
Bm D
He ate his meals from the garbage can
A Bm
Just walked around without a real plan
Bm D
Found his way to the Texas line,
A Bm
Stumbled into our town a quarter past nine
Bm D
Had a few drinks at a roadside bar
A Bm
And that's where our story really starts
It was there in the barlight, in a corner booth
D A G D
Tumbleweed blowing in the wind
A Bm
Carried him somewhere he never should have been
Bm D
Was it fate or just circumstance
A Bm
Makes you wonder if he ever had a chance
Well across from the First State Band the next day at four
Bm D
Feds caught up with them outside of Larado
A Bm
In an ambush of bullets and a cloud of gun smoke
Bm D
They killed an innocent man on that day
A Bm
But now that poor drifter has a bed where he can lay