The Ballad of Cat Ballou Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Wel[F]l n[G]ow [C]friends just lend an ear
For you're [F]now about to hear
[C]The bal[F]lad of Cat Ballou[C]-ou
It's It's [Em]a song that's newly made
And Pro[Dm]fessor Sam the Shade
And the [G]Sunrise Kid are singin' it for [C]you
Cat [Am]Ballou
Cat Ballou
[F]

[Verse 2]
[C]
It's a [Am]hangin' day in [C]Wolf City,
Wyomin'
Wolf City, Wyomin',
[F]eighteen-ninety-four
They're [C]They're They're gonna
[G]drop Cat Ballou-ou
Through Through the gallows [C]floor[Am][G]
[C]She

[Verse 3]
[Am]killed a man in [C]Wolf City, Wyomin'
Wolf City, Wyomin',
[F]killed a man it's [C]true
And that is [G]why they're a-hangin'
Hangin' Cat Cat Ballou
[Am][F][G]

[Verse 4]
[C]She has[F] the smi[C]le of an
[Am]angel (fights like the Devil)
The [Dm]eyes of an [G]angel
(bites like the Devil)
[C]The face of an angel [Am](I say
she's the Devil)
She's [Dm]mean an[G]d evil
through and [C]through
Cat [G]Ballou
Cat Ballou-ou-ou
[C]She's She's She's [G]mean and
evil through and [C]through
[F]

[Verse 5]
[G]
[Am]With her outlaw band,
they're [C]now tellin' a story
Now tellin' a story,
[F]how she rode the [C]plain
The wildest [G]gal in the West
Since Calamity [C]Jane[Am][C]

[Verse 6]
And [Am]today's the day,
[C]that she's goin' to glory
She's goin' to [Em]glory,
[F]for the way she [C]sinned
They'll be [G]a-speedin' her her soul
On the wayward [C]wind[Db]

[Verse 7]
[C]She has[F] the smi[C]le of an angel
[Am](fights like the Devil)
The [Dm]eyes of [G]an angel
(bites like the Devil)
[C]The face of an angel [Am](I say
she's the Devil)
She's [Dm]mean and [G]evil through and [C]through
Cat [G]Ballou (Cat Ballou)
[C]Cat Ballou-ou-ou (Cat Ballou-ou-ou)
She's [G]mean and evil through and [C]through
Cat [G]Ballou
Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou
[C]She's She's She's She's [G]mean
and evil through and through
[C][F][G][C]