Missouri Borderland

	  		verse 1 

C                                     Am  F             C   
I am far away from home, with neither fa  -  mily nor friends 
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I never meant to stay so long, in the Missouri borderland 
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Three years ago I held a job and saw the wo  -  rld from my pony, Suede 
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Riding drag on a dusty mile, I knew I?d worked when I drew my pay 
C                                                     Am F                 C   
The times got hard, Christ, times got mean and I fell in   with desperate men 
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And one night the worst of them laid out what was an awful plan 


verse 2 

C                                          Am  F          C   
I did not like such wicked talk of murder and    bold robbery  
              F           C                 G                  C 
I told those men I would walk and they all aimed their guns at me 
C                                                    Am  F            C   
Their prisoner I helped - them rob a bank, and much gold    we did obtain 
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They shot a boy just for the sport.  I stood and watched his young life wane 
C                                                    Am F                    C   
Such dreadful sounds, I never heard.  His mother?s  wai   - ling filled the room  
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She looked at me and screamed these words ?the Devil take you to your doom? 


verse 3 

C                                                    Am F               C   
I turned and faced that murderous crew.  I shot ?em dead, I killed all four 
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And the only thing I rued, I had not thought of that before 
C                                               Am  F                C   
The posse found - me outside of town, as I was knee - ling there to pray 
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From a gallows high I?m to lay down in the dark Missouri grave 
C                                                   Am  F               C   
Please hide the rope stains around my neck, when my mo  - ther sees me dead 
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Please don?t let my brothers take the fateful path I chose to tread 
C                                          Am F             C   
Cause I am far away from home with neither fa - mily nor friends 
         F                C              G           C 
I never meant to stay so long in the Missouri borderland 
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And now I?ll spend eternity in the Missouri borderland