Don't Take Your Guns To Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]A young cowboy named Billy Joe
grew rest[D]less on [G]the farm,
a boy filled with wonderlust
who [D]really meant no [G]harm.
He [C]changed his clothes
and shined his boots
and combed his dark hair down,
and his [G]mother cried as he walked out.
Don't [C]take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns [G]at home, Bill
Don't [C]take your guns to [G]town
He laughed and [D]kissed his mo[Gm]m
And [G]said, you're [D]Billy Joe's a [G]man
I can [D]shoot as [G]quick and straight
As [D]anybody [G]can
But I [C]wouldn't shoot without a cause,
I'd gun nobody down
But she [G]cried again [D]as he [G]rolled away
Don't take [C]your guns to [G]town, son,
[C]leave your guns at home, Bil[G]l
Don't [C]take your guns to [G]town
He sang [D]a song his [G]own,
he rode his [D]guns hung at his [G]hips
He rode into a cattle town,
[D]a smile upon his [G]lips
He [C]stopped and walked into a bar
and laid his money down
But his [G]mother's [D]words [Gm]echoed [G]again
Don't [C]take your guns to town, [G]son,
[C]leave your guns at [G]home, Bill,
don't [C]take your guns to [G]town.
He drank his first strong [Gm]liquor
[G]then [D]to calm his shaking [G]hand,
and tried to [D]tell [G]himself at last
he [D]had become a man.
[G]A dus[C]ty cowpoke at his side
began to [G]laugh [C]him down,
[G]An [C]d he [G]heard [D]again his
[Gm]mother's [G]words,
Don't [C]take your guns to [G]town, son,
[C]leave your guns at [G]home, Bill,
[C]Don't take your guns to [G]town.
Bill with [D]rage
[Gm]then [G]Billy Joe reached [D]for his gun to draw
[G]But the stranger dre[D]w his gun[G]
and fired be[D]fore he even [G]saw
As [C]Billy Joe fell to the floor
the crowd all gathered round
[G]An d wondered [D]at
his fi[G]nal words
Don't [C]take your guns to [G]town, son,
[C]Leave your guns [G]at home, Bill,
Don't take [C]your guns to town.
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