{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1995525,"song":"The Last Gunfighter Ballad","artist":"Guy Clark","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11446282-the-last-gunfighter-ballad-chords-by-guy-clark/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1995525?type=chord","rating":4.83289,"votes":60,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow the old gunfighter on the porch [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nstared into the sun [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand relived the days of living by the gun [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwhen deadly games of pride were played [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand living was mistakes not made [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand the thought of the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAh, the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he can almost feel the weight of the gun [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand it's always keep your back to the sun [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand it's faster than snakes or a blink of the eye [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand it's a time for all slow men to die [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand his eyes get squinty and his fingers twitch [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand he empties the gun at the son of a bitch [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand he's hit by the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhit by the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow the burn of a bullet is only a scar [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe's back in his chair in front of the bar [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand the streets are empty and the blood's all dried [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the dead are dust and the whiskey's inside [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nso buy him a drink and lend him an ear [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe's nobody's fool and the only one here [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwho remembers the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nremember the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said I stood in that street before it was paved [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nlearned shoot or be shot before I could shave [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I did it all for the money and fame [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nnoble was nothing but feeling no shame [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand nothing was sacred 'sept stayin' alive [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand all that I learned from a Colt 45 [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwas to curse the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncurse the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow he's just an old man that no one believes [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nsays he's a gunfighter, the last of the breed [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand there are ghosts in the street seeking revenge [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\ncalling him out to the lunatic fringe [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nnow he's out in the traffic checking the sun [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand he's killed by a car as he goes for his gun [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo much for the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso much for the smell of the black powder smoke [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the stand in the street at the turn of a joke [/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["Em","D","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}