Key: D
Introduction:
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I'd say I'm a lover not a fighter, I'd never stare nobody down
A D
Til one night my girl I could not find her, she never made it back from town
G
I found my Shannon cryin in the woods, a wicked man he held her down
A D
I stuck him deep an I buried him good, not deep enough to fool the hounds
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We took shelter in a chapel neath the blood moon sky,
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I bought a gun an made Shannon my wife
G D
We jumped in a box car to old mexico
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Where I aint worth a penny on my bounty back home
A D
No I ain't worth a penny on my bounty back home
D G
That train stopped in Tijuana, we built a shack beneath the sun
A D
I make my Shannon margaritas, we watch our childre laugh and runrunrun
G
Sometimes I miss my daddy, sometimes I miss my mom
A D
I think they'd be real proud of me, to know the man that Iv become
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Train train roll on Train train roll on Train train roll on Rollon
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Shannon why'd you run with me? She said
D G D
What was I supposed to do boy just watch you leave
D A D
You'd a broken my heart, you'd a haunted my dreams
D G D A D
Your love boy is all I need, your love boys all I'll ever need
Where we ain't worth a penny on our bounty back home
No we ain't worth a penny on our bounty back home