Verse
C
I was born out west a ways
A#
Beneath a cloudy sky
F
My momma called me Lightning
F A# C
She saw rain clouds in my eyes
C
My daddy called me in one day
A#
When I was very young
F
Said come and sit beside me boy
F A# C
Listen here my son
[Verse]
C
When I was just your age he said
A#
My daddy done me wrong
F
And now it's been twenty years
F A# C
Ain't seen him in so long
C
I remember me the day he left
A#
That man he seemed so tall
F
His words echoed in my head like
F A# C
Gunshots off a canyon wall
[Chorus]
A#
My daddy was a desperado
C
Left me footprints hard to follow
A# C
There's some sins son that you just can't atone
A#
The right path ain't the easiest
F
So you best be right with Jesus
A# F G
And it's every cowboy's right to roam
A# F
So you take this gun my only son
C
And you'll never be alone
[Verse]
C
That day my daddy promised
A#
That he would do his best
F
Took granddaddy's gun and locked it
F A# C
In a wooden chest
C
As the years they passed on by
A#
He taught me to shoot and ride
F
My momma she always called me
F A# C
Apple of my daddy's eye
[Verse]
C
I thought things'd just go on
A#
Until that fateful letter came
F
With a sad smile something seemed to dawn
F A# C
His face didn't seem the same
C
Looked like he was in disguise
A#
Saw the hardness of his lips
F
But all I saw through teary eyes
F A# C
Were the big irons on his hips
[Bridge]
A# C
With that he just left like his daddy did
A# G
And I never did find out just what that letter said...
[Chorus]
A#
My daddy was a desperado
C
Left me footprints hard to follow
A# C
There's some sins son that you just can't atone
A#
The right path ain't the easiest
F
So you best be right with Jesus
A# F G
And it's every cowboy's right to roam
A# F
So you take this gun my only son
C
And you'll never be alone
[Verse]
C
And never sight nor sound
A#
Of him had momma heard
F
She watched for him in plains
F A# C
As empty as his word
C
Years passed by I stopped searching
A#
For his silhouette in the sun
F
I met a gal and got married
F A# C
And then we had us one
[Verse]
C
He was a child as perfect
A#
As God's bluest sky
F
With golden hair across his brow
F A# C
And his mommas eyes
C
Time seemed to stand still
A#
I thought things couldnt be better
F
But that was just until
F A# C
The postman brought the letter
[Chorus]
A#
Your daddy is a desperado
C
I left you footprints hard to follow
A# C
There's some sins son that I just can't atone
A#
The right path ain't the easiest
F
And I ain't quite right with Jesus
A# F G
I'm in trouble now and so, so far from home
A# F
Won't you bring your gun my only son
C
Your daddy's all alone
[Verse]
C
G good long while I read that letter
A#
I opened daddy's wooden chest
F
The words I read were bitter
F A# C
I grabbed the gun and headed west
C
G few miles out I surely found
A#
What I was looking for
F
An empty grave that I had dug
F A# C
So many years before
[Verse]
C
G headstone all by itself
A#
Out in this barren place
F
"Here lies just a desperado"
F A# C
Carved in stone upon its face
C
I tossed that gun into the ground
A#
And rode without a word
F
I knew that it would not be found
F A# C
Before the stone was blurred
[Verse]
C
Went right home hugged my wife
A#
Beneath a cloudy sky
F
G lightning bolt split the night
F A# C
G sign I can't deny
C
I called my son in that day
A#
When he was very young
F
I said come here sit beside me boy
F A# C
Listen here my son
[Chorus]
A#
My daddy was a desperado
C
Left me footprints hard to follow
A# C
There's some sins son that you just can't atone
A#
The right path ain't the easiest
F
So you best be right with Jesus
A# F G
And it's every cowboy's right to roam
A# F
That ain't me son, I'm surely done
C
But you'll never be alone
[Outro]
A# F
That ain't me son, I'm surely done
C
And you'll never be alone
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