Don't Take Your Guns To Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][A]

[Verse 1]
A [A]young cowboy named Billy Joe grew
[E]restless on the [A]farm
A boy filled with wonderlust who
[E]really meant no [A]harm
He [D]changed his clothes and shined his boots
And combed his dark hair down
And his [A]mother cried as he walked out

[Chorus 1]
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town son
[D]Leave your guns at [A]home Bill
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town[A]

[Verse 2]
He [A]laughed and kissed his mom
And said [E]your Billy Joe's a [A]man
I can shoot as quick and straight as
[E]anybody can[A]
But I [D]wouldn't shoot without a cause
I'd gun nobody down
But she [A]cried again as he rode away

[Chorus 2]
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town son
[D]Leave your guns at [A]home Bill
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town[A]

[Verse 3]
He [A]sang a song as on he rode
His [E]guns hung at his [A]hips
He rode into a cattle town
A [E]smile upon his [A]lips
He [D]stopped and walked into a bar
And laid his money down
But his [A]mother's words echoed again

[Chorus 3]
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town son
[D]Leave your guns at [A]home Bill
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town[A]

[Verse 4]
He [A]drank his first strong strong liquor then
to [E]calm his shaking [A]hand
And tried to tell himself he had
at last he [E]had become a [A]man
A [D]dusty cowpoke at his side
began to laugh him down
And he [A]heard again his mothers words

[Chorus 4]
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town son
[D]Leave your guns at [A]home Bill
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town[A]

[Verse 5]
Fill[A]ed with rage then
Billy Joe reached [E]for his gun to [A]draw
But the stranger drew his gun and fired
[E]Before he even [A]saw
As [D]Billy Joe fell to the floor
The crowd all gathered 'round
And [A]wondered at his final words

[Outro 1]
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town son
[D]Leave your guns at [A]home Bill
Don't [D]take your guns to [A]town[A]