Johnny Cash - Don’t Take Your Guns to Town: chords

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A young cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm,
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a boy filled with wanderlust, who really meant no harm.
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He changed his clothes and shined his
boots and combed his dark hair down.
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And his mother cried as he walked out,

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"Don't take your guns to town, son.
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Leave your guns at home, Bill.
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Don't take your guns to town."

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

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

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He drank his first strong liquor
then to calm his shaking hand
And tried to tell himself atlast
he had become a man
A dusty cowpoke at his side began t
o laugh him down
And he heard again his mothers words

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Filled with rage then
Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw
But the stranger drew his gun and fired
Before he even saw
As Billy Joe fell to the floor
The crowd all gathered around
And wondered at his final words

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