Dont Take Your Guns To Town by Johnny Cash
Key: CC | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


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A young cow-boy named Billy Joe  
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   grew restless on the farm 
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A boy filled with wanderlust 
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   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 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 at last he had become a man 
A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down 
And he heard again his mother's words; 
 
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Bill was raged and 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 'round 
And wondered at his final words; 
 
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