Key: D
Introduction:
D- D2- D- Dsus4- D(played
verse 1
D
Put the horses in the stable
A A4
Load the mules on the train
D
Set your pistols on the table
A G D
Leave the dogs out in the rain
D
Take the money that they gave you
A A4
Hide it in a mason jar
D
Nobody now can save you
A G D
It don't matter where you are
G
Turn your lamp down low
A
Hear the four wins blow
D A Bm A A4
Bow your head to pray
G
It ain't what you planned
Fm Bm
You got one last stand
Em G D
Let the music play
verse 2
D
Left for dead in southern Georgia
A A4
At the hands of hapless John
D
With your baby waitin' for ya'
A G D
You were home before the dawn
D
You know your shakin' hands with Satan
A A4
When your mouth is goin? dry
D
When that law man back in Dayton
A G D
Wouldn't look you in the eye
verse 3
D
He was nothin' but a grifter
A A4
And he came to play the part
D
Disguised as Luke the drifter
A G D
Talk about a cheatin' heart
D
And he sold you down the river
A A4
when he rode into your town
D
Then that same old Indian giver
A G D
Struck a match and burned it down
verse 4
D
Now you're alone and barely breathing
A A4
Looking down from up above
D
Needing something to believe in
A G D
One lonely truth and love
D
And the storm is slowly dying
A A4
At the breaking of the day
D
All the steel guitars are crying
A G D
I'm rollin' down that lost highway
G
It ain't like you planned
Fm Bm
You got one last stand
Em G D
Let the music play