Intro 1
A        A 
 
Intro 2
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Chorus
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Dead or alive, dead or alive, 
D            A        A    E   A              A 
ten thousand dollars, dead or alive. 
 
Verse 1
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They tell me down in town I'm gettin' famous, 
            A              E                A         A 
they're all makin' me come home but I won't budge. 
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Important folks are waitin' there to see me 
         A               A              E         E 
like the sheriff and the jailer and the judge. 
 
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My picture's on the front page of the paper, 
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I'm the local boy who wandered off alone. 
          D               D                  A         A 
Now, they want me back so bad they're giving money 
       A                     E                A         A 
to the first man who'll come out and bring me home. 
 
Chorus
A    D   A     D        A 
Dead or alive, dead or alive, 
D            A        A    E   A 
ten thousand dollars, dead or alive. 
 
Interlude
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Verse 2
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One night last week I got a little reckless 
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and I couldn't hold my triggerfinger still. 
    A              D             A          A 
The barrel pointed at the county Marshall 
      A             A                 E         E 
but I only meant to scare him, not to k*ll. 
 
        E                  E                 A           A 
Now the foothills of these mountains hold my secret, 
     A                 E            A            A 
only they know of this old deserted shack. 
        D                D                  A         A 
But the chances are some bloodhound's gonna find me 
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and some other dirty dog will take me back. 
 
Chorus
A    D   A     D        A 
Dead or alive, dead or alive, 
  D             A          A    E   A         A 
I wonder if I'm better off dead or alive. 
 
Bridge
       E                E             A            A 
People always said that I'd amount to nothin', 
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that to bury me would be a waste of earth. 
       D                   D             A         A 
But if they'll just put my price upon my tombstone 
         A                  E            A         A 
then the world can see what I was really worth. 
 
End-Chorus
A    D   A     D        A 
Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive, 
D            A        A           E    A 
ten thousand Dollars: Dead...or...A..live.