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There's no guitar until "And come on down . . . " but I put it down in case you wanted to play with 
that part. I typically do.
[Verse 1]
GStop.
Take a moAmment of your lEmife
to find Gout where you are gDoing
and crGawl
through the baCrren land of your plan Gto the
beauty of Dnot knowing
And cEmome on down to the pClace where we met and I
Gsent you that shot of wDhiskey
EmSmoke was in your eyes and you Chailed a goodbyeG  
You were never Dwith me
[Chorus]
So Empull the trigger nCice and fast
Cause the Gbest for me hasnD't happened yet
You're the MEmarlboro Man
CPredictable with your plan
You're so dGamn scared
You don't undeDrstand that 
EmLife is for the lCiving
not the lGiving dead
you make your bed
reDfuse to lie in it
LEmife is for the wCilling
You're only wiGlling to stick to the plan
Go bDuy a pack, Marlboro EmManC.
GMarlboro MDan.
[Verse 2]
GPlease 
don't get dAmown on your kEmnees
and aGct like you're repDenting
GI know you know I know you Cbetter than this
and I Gam done Dmending
What was mEmeant to be a bCroken joke
get oGut of my house go
Dhave a smoke
IEm'm on my way to woCnderful
My fGuture is bright don't get Dblinded by the light 
[Chorus]
So Empull the trigger nCice and fast
Cause the bGest for me hasn't Dhappened yet
You're the MEmarlboro Man
Cpredictable with your plan
you're Gso damn scared
you don't undDerstand that
EmLife is for the Cliving
not the liGving dead 
you make your bed
Drefuse to lie in it
EmLife is for the wCilling
you're only wGilling to stick to the plan 
go bDuy a pack, Marlboro EmManC.
GMarlboro DMan.
EmOoh-ooh-oCoh
GMarlboro DMan.
[Bridge]
I Emcounted the hCours
it tGook for you to cDall
and I cEmounted those same Chours
Gleading up to the Dfall, mhm, mhm, mhm . . . 
[Chorus]
(There's no guitar until ** but I put the chords there in case you do want to play them.)
So Empull the trigger Cnice and fast
cause the Gbest for me hasn't hDappened yet
You're the **EmMarlboro** Man
CPredictable with your plan
You're Gso damn scared
you don't Dunderstand that
EmLife is for the lCiving
not the lGiving dead
you make your bed
Drefuse to lie in it
EmLife is for the Cwilling
you're only wiGlling to stick to the plan
go bDuy a pack, Marlboro EmManC.
GMarlboro DMan.
EmOoh-ooh-oCoh 
GMarlboro DMan

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Marlboro Man

by Lily Kershaw

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

There's no guitar until "And come on down . . . " but I put it down in case you wanted to play with

that part. I typically do.

[Verse 1]

Stop.

Am Em

Take a moment of your life

G D

to find out where you are going

and crawl

C G

through the barren land of your plan to the

beauty of not knowing

Em C

And come on down to the place where we met and I

G D

sent you that shot of whiskey

Em C G

Smoke was in your eyes and you hailed a goodbye

You were never with me

[Chorus]

Em C

So pull the trigger nice and fast

G D

Cause the best for me hasn't happened yet

You're the Marlboro Man

Predictable with your plan

You're so damn scared

You don't understand that

Em C

Life is for the living

not the living dead

you make your bed

refuse to lie in it

Em C

Life is for the willing

You're only willing to stick to the plan

D Em C

Go buy a pack, Marlboro Man.

G D

Marlboro Man.

[Verse 2]

Please

Am Em

don't get down on your knees

G D

and act like you're repenting

G C

I know you know I know you better than this

G D

and I am done mending

Em C

What was meant to be a broken joke

get out of my house go

have a smoke

Em C

I'm on my way to wonderful

G D

My future is bright don't get blinded by the light

[Chorus]

Em C

So pull the trigger nice and fast

G D

Cause the best for me hasn't happened yet

You're the Marlboro Man

predictable with your plan

you're so damn scared

you don't understand that

Em C

Life is for the living

not the living dead

you make your bed

refuse to lie in it

Em C

Life is for the willing

you're only willing to stick to the plan

D Em C

go buy a pack, Marlboro Man.

G D

Marlboro Man.

Em C

Ooh-ooh-ooh

G D

Marlboro Man.

[Bridge]

Em C

I counted the hours

G D

it took for you to call

Em C

and I counted those same hours

G D

leading up to the fall, mhm, mhm, mhm . . .

[Chorus]

(There's no guitar until ** but I put the chords there in case you do want to play them.)

Em C

So pull the trigger nice and fast

G D

cause the best for me hasn't happened yet

You're the **Marlboro** Man

Predictable with your plan

You're so damn scared

you don't understand that

Em C

Life is for the living

not the living dead

you make your bed

refuse to lie in it

Em C

Life is for the willing

you're only willing to stick to the plan

D Em C

go buy a pack, Marlboro Man.

G D

Marlboro Man.

Em C

Ooh-ooh-ooh

G D

Marlboro Man

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