Tall Handsome Stranger Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am][Am]
A [Am]tall handsome stranger [Dm]rode into [Am]town
With [Dm]fire in his [Am]eyes burning [E]red as sun[Am]down
His boots were all dusty, his [Dm]coat open [Am]wide
[Dm]Six ways of [Am]dying hung l[E]ow on his [Am]side

[Verse 2]
He [Am]went in the town hall [Dm]asking for [Am]me
They [Dm]told me that [Am]I was still to[E]wn deputy[Am]
I sent him to prison to [Dm]pay for his [Am]crime
[Dm]He killed a gu[Am]ard on the S[E]ante Fe li[Am]ne

[Verse 3]
He [Am]spread word around town
that [Dm]my time had c[Am]ome
[Dm]My notch was a[Am]lready c[E]arved on his g[Am]un
He's laughing and braggin and [Dm]having his [Am]fun
[Dm]It's all a [Am]show for he [E]knows I won't [Am]run

[Chorus 1]
[F]That night in silence the [G]town was asleep
I [F]sat by my window
and [C]looked down the street
I [Dm]wished in my [E]heart that he [Am]just ride away
I [Dm]hated to [E]face him next [Am]sunup that day

[Verse 4]
I [Am]met him at sunup,
the [Dm]crowd gathered [Am]round
[Dm]Waitin and [Am]watching for [E]one to go [Am]down
He grabbed for his six gun, [Dm]tryin his [Am]best
He [Dm]cursed as my [Am]bullet
went [E]deep in his [Am]chest

[Verse 5]
He [Am]stood there a moment
and [Dm]looked all a[Am]round
[Dm]Slowly and [Am]lifeless he [E]fell to the [Am]ground
The stranger's my brother, [Dm]born an out[Am]law
He [Dm]must have for[Am]gotton I [E]taught him to [Am]draw

[Chorus 2]
The [F]whole town was waiting
and [G]I was alone
The [F]blood that I spilled was [C]just like my own
When [Dm]she hears this [E]story,
how [Am]Mother will cry
[Dm]Brother 'gainst [E]brother and [Am]one had to die
To die, to die
[Fade out]