Will's Crossing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]I've never known
the good feelin' of money
I work like a dog for my [G]father's farm
Al[F]ways told me be[C]ware the city
But [G]how could a Sat[C]urday
dance do me [G]harm?
I [F]wanted her so, but [C]she soon let me know
That a [G]penny to Sodbuster
[C]hadn't the chance
And I swore that I wouldn't
be [G]poor anymore
So I [C]took [F]Popper's pistol,
walked [C]into Will's Closet
And I [G]faced Dover Flint in the [C]General Store
I pulled him to reach him
in the drawer full of money
But he reached and I pulled
out a [G]pistol instead
In a [C]flash [F]of a wink
and be[C]fore I could think
I [G]pulled my own trigger
and I [C]watched him fall
In [Ab]the d[C]arkness behind me
The men from Wells Crossing,
off the road to my left,
[F]there's a [G]shrill siren's call.
The [C]bushes [F]reach out
[C]an d my pants try to [Db]hold me.
[C]The roc[G]ks on the ground
[C]tear my hands when [Db]I fall.
[C]When we're clearing our way,
the men from Wells [Db]Crossing,
the [C]posse surrounded me,
no [G]use to run.
Then [C]just [F]to my right
[C]there's the crack of a rifle
And I see Poppa's [G]face
in the [C]flesh of the [Db]gun[C]
[Db]I op[C]en my eyes and
they're gathered round me
And Poppa's down on
his [G]knees [C]by my [G]side
The [F]bullet he fired
has [C]settled deep in my [Db]body
But I [C]could tell that it was Papa,
really, they'd died
In the [F]dim after[C]noon's [F]light[C]
Papa closed his eyes tight
And the last [C]I remembered
was my Papa [Db]cried [Db]you