One Hour Ahead Of The Posse Chords

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[Verse 1]
There he [G]goes! him!
Don't let him get away,
[Bb]man![G][F][G]
One hour ahead [Bm]of the [G]posse
The bloodhounds are hot on [Bm]the trail[G]
Last [D]evening I shot down my sweetheart
This morning I broke out [Bm]of ja[G]il
[Bm]My p[G]into is tired and [Bm]hungry,
an[D]d I'm f[G]eeling weary a[Bm]n d g[G]one.
We [D]started ahead of the posse,
and we gotta keep go[Bm]ing [G]on.[Bm]
[G]The [Bm]sheriff has sworn he will get me,
he's riding [Em]with twenty [G]and [Bm]five.
But I ain't afraid of that posse,
for [Am]they'll never get me alive.
[D]Ha ha ha [Bm]ha,[G]
one hour [Em]ahead of the posse
[G]No [Em]turni[G]ng to le[Em]ft o[Bm]r to right
[G]We [D]must win the race to the river
For they'll be a -hanging tonight
[G]We'[Bm]re go[G]nn[D]a
hang him to[G]night
One [Bm]hour [G]ahead [Bm]of the po[G]sse
[Bm]No time for remorse or[G] regret
But [D]somehow her blue eyes still haunt me
Her laughter is taunting me [G]yet
It started the night [Bm]that I met her
She [G]kissed me and vowed she would care
I [D]traded the gold in my pocket
To fondle the gold [Bm]in her [G]hair
[Bm]She lied when she said that she loved me
She lied [Em]with each kiss that she [Bm]gave
She lied till the moment I caught her
And [Am]now she lies still in her [D]grave[G]
[Bm]One hour ahead o[Em]f the po[G]sse
The night [Bm]is a -comin' on fa[D]st[G]
Just [D]one little mile to the Rio
And we'll shake that posse at [Bm]last
We're nearing the end of our journey
We ain't [Em]got a second [Bm]to spare
The hoofbeats are closer and closer
The [Am]barking of dogs till the [D]end
[G]And now[Bm] we're ahead of t[G]he posse
And now I'm in[Bm]side [G]of
[Dm]my h[G]ome[Em]
[G]At las[C]t we hav[Bm]e beaten tha[G]t pos[D]se
[G]May the Lor[Am]d have mer[D]cy on [G]my [D]sou[G]l
May the [Am]Lord have [D]mercy on
[Am]his [D]soul[G].

[Outro 1]
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