The Rounder

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Beneath a western sky on the way
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 to Santa Fe
  D             Am
I met up with a rounder
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claimed he rode with Jesse James
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They robbed the Glendale Train

[Verse 2]
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As we crossed the Texas plains
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not a blessed word was said
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Till we reached Amarillo, then he 
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raised his weary head
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He said, “Son, I’ll soon be dead”

[Verse 3]
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I have so much to tell you, but 
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I’m left so little time
          D                Am
There’s a place out in the Badlands
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About a two day ride
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G           D       C
It’s not so hard to find

[Bridge]
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Frank and Jesse holed up in a 
             C
cave for forty days
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Took all that they could carry, 
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then hid the rest away
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Frank grew tired of living like a 
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dog out on the run
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and Jesse soon fell victim to a 
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blast from Bob Ford’s gun
Am       C           D
Now I’m the only one

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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His voice it faltered there and 
               C
he soon passed away
  D                 Am
I laid him six feet under
     G               C
that hard West Texas clay
G        D      C
And then I rode away

[Verse 5]
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I found everything he told me 
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near the place they call Red Cloud
         D              Am
With the gold I found a letter
       G      D         C
when I read I cried out loud
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It said, “Your momma would be proud”

[Verse 6]
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Some men are born to freedom
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While others come to fame
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And some will leave with nothing 
     G                C
but a marker and their name
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In the end it’s all the same