Kunci: C major
Verse 1
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I was just 18,
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my dad bought me a gun.
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He handed it to me and he said, son,
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soon to manhood you'll arrive.
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If you want to stay alive,
then you'll have to learn
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just how the West was won.
Now I practiced
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as I watched the years go by
Soon the age of twenty
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-one was drawing nigh
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An d my teacher told me, son,
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your speed is second just to one
Cause my daddy was the
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fastest gun alive
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Yes, my daddy was the fastest gun alive
Then one day he said,
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I'm go ing to Abilene
I'm no good,
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I'm an outlaw and I'm mean
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You can take care of your mob
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cause you've got a lightning draw
Next to me you're the
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fastest gun I've seen
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It wasn't long before the
How my daddy filled old
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Abilene with fear
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There were killings in the street,
Guess that shooting people down
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he'd done his share
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Guess that shooting people down
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he'd done his share
They said my daddy was
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a murder -crazy fiend
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So I saddled up and rode to Abilene
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I got there late one night
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and the town was filled with fright
My daddy was the fastest
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They said my dad had killed
When I asked who took his place,
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no one would say
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They said they were looking
to wear the scar
They wanted someone
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who could make my day pay
They wanted someone
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who could make my daddy pay
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I pinned on the star and thought
Unless my daddy'd made
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my hate for outlaws grow
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I guess inside I knew just what I had to do
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I had to shoot and kill the man that I love so
My daddy heard they had a
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new lawman in town
And he vowed that he would
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try to shoot me down
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when I got there he'd be gone
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As I tied my gun and started on my round
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As I tied my gun and started on my round
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slowly up the street
Where I knew my dad
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and I were sure to meet
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Then I saw him waiting there
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like a man without a care
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And he said, son, you know I'm fast,
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Then I told him that I guessed
Even though it meant that
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one of us must die
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Without passion, he said, son,
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when I count, go for your gun
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You'd better not be later on the ground,
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You'd better not be later on the ground,
When the smoke had cleared,
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he lay there in the sand
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and I took his hand
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Then he whispered, thank you son,
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I thought you would never come
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This makes you the very fastest in the land
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I picked up my daddy's gun
Then I breached it and I
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don't believe my eyes
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Nor the story made it tell
In the chamber, not a shell
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My daddy knew he was
the fastest gun alive
Yes, daddy knew he was
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