{"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":82070,"song":"Running Gun","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/82070-running-gun-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/82070?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":110,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI rode out of Kansas City, going south to Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was running dodging danger, left the girl that I loved so[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFar behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earned[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTwenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had learned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMany times I sold my fast gun for a place to lay my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTill the nights began to haunt me by the men that I left dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCouldn't stand it any longer with the life that I'd begun[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I said good-bye to Jeannie and became a running gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy thoughts in Kansas City and the girl that I love best[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned away to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old Mexico[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had barely left the saddle and my foot just touched the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid he knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid by the law[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChallenged by a bounty hunter, so I turned around to draw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI knew someday I'd meet him for his hand like lightning flashed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy own gun stood in leather as his bullet tore it's path[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs my strength was slowly fading I could see him walk away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew that where I lie tonight he too must lie some day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow the crowd is slowly gathering and my eyes are growing dim[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd my thoughts return to Jeannie[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the home that we had planned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh please tell her won't you mister[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat she's still the only one[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut a woman's love is wasted when she loves a running gun[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}