Standard tuning [EBGDAE]
*capo 2nd fret*
(Em) C# C#/C
Well the stage was set, the sun was sinkin' lowdown
A#m Fm
As they came to town to face another showdown
G# G#7 C# C#/C
The lawmen cleared the people from the street
A#m D# Cm
All you blood-thirsty bystanders, will you try to find your seat?
Fm G#
Watch 'em deulin', Doolin-Dalton
Fm G#
High or low, it's all the same
C# Fm
Easy money, and faithless women
A# C# G#
You will never kill the pain
Fm G#
Go down, Bill Doolin, don't you wonder why?
Fm G# G#7
Sooner or later we all have to die
C# Fm
Sooner or later, that's a stone-cold fact
A# C# G#
Four men ride out and only three ride back.
C# G# A#m G#
E:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
B:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
G:------/9--9--9--|--/7--7--4\2--0--|-h2---0---2--/4-|-4~~~--------|
D:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
A:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
E:----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
C# G# A#m Fm
E:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
B:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
G:------/9--9--9--|--7--7--4\2--0--|-2---2\0---4\2--0--|-------------|
D:----------------|----------------|-----------------/-|-2~~~--------|
A:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
E:----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------|
Fm Cm7
The Queen of Diamonds let you down
C# G#
She was just an empty fable
Fm7 C# G# D#/G
The Queen of Hearts you say you never met
Fm Cm7
Your twisted fate has found you out
C# G#
And it's finally turned the table
Fm A#7 A#m7
Stole your dreams and paid you with re-gret
D# G#
Desper-ado
D#/G Fm
[is there gonna be anything left, is there gonna be]
C# C#/C A#m
You sealed your [anything?] fate up a long time ago
C#/G# A#m
[ain't it hard when you're all alone in the center ring?]
C# G#
Now there's no time left to borrow
D#/G A#m
[is there gonna be anything left?] Only stardust
C#/G# G#
[Maybe] Maybe tomorrow
C#/G# G#
[Maybe] Maybe tomorrow
[C/G] [G]
C#/G# G#
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