{"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":2474630,"song":"Fastest Gun Around","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2474630-fastest-gun-around-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2474630?type=chord","rating":4.76477,"votes":16,"content":"[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the days of William Bonney[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetter known as Bill the Kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA young cowboy named Joey Steele[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas 'bout to make his bid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, they heard one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat Bill the Kid had just rode into town[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if he could take him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe would be fastest gun around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was just a kid of seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he had a lightin' hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he said it's time I showed the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I've become a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEveryone thinks Billy is[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe fastest gun around[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they will know I'm faster[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen they see me shoot him down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey finally came together[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDown on Main Street just at five[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe people were all gathered[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWonderin' who'd be left alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBilly knew that Joey wanted[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNotches on his gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he wished that he could give him[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose he'd carved upon his own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJoey's hand went to his side[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was sure that he had won[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut before he even fired he saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe smoke of Billy's gun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he felt the bullet hit him hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd before his eyes he saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis wasted life pass quickly[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEnding with this fatal draw[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly breathed more easily[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he put away his gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he tried to ease his conscience[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the wrong that he had done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he saddled up his horse[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd headed westward out of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he wondered just how long he'd be[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe fastest gun around...(hold out for a while following the chords)[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["D","C","A","G","F"],"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}