Don't Take Your Guns to Town Chords by Johnny Cash

[Start]

[Verse]
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A young cowboy named Billy Joe grew restless on the farm
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A boy filled with wonderlust who really meant no harm
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He changed his clothes and shined his boots
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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
           Eb        Bb     
Don't take your guns to town
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He laughed and kissed his mom
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And said your Billy Joe's a man
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I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can
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But I wouldn't shoot without a cause
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I'd gun nobody down
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But she cried again as he rode away
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Don't take your guns to town son
                        Bb  
Leave your guns at home Bill
Eb                   Bb     
Don't take your guns to town
Bb                          
He sang a song as on he rode
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His guns hung at his hips
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He rode into a cattle town
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A smile upon his lips
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He stopped and walked into a bar
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And laid his money down
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But his mother's words echoed again


[Chorus]
Bb    Eb                Bb      
Don't take your guns to town son
Eb                 Bb       
Leave your guns at home Bill
Eb                   Bb     
Don't take your guns to town


[Verse]
                                      F           Bb          
He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand
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And tried to tell himself he had at last he had become a man
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A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down
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And he heard again his mothers words


[Chorus]
Eb                              
Don't take your guns to town son
           Bb               
Leave your guns at home Bill
Eb                   Bb     
Don't take your guns to town


[Verse]
F                Bb  
Filled with rage then
          F                          
Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw
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But the stranger drew his gun and fired
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Before he even saw
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As Billy Joe fell to the floor
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The crowd all gathered 'round
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And wondered at his final words


[Outro]
Eb                      Bb      
Don't take your guns to town son
Eb                      Bb  
Leave your guns at home Bill
           Eb           Bb  
Don't take your guns to town
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[End]