First Shot Missed Him

tab by Torbjørn Nymo (metonymo @ 
mail . ru)
Standard tuning


C(add9)
 :       .       .       .

-0---------0-------------0-------|
-----3---1-------3---------3-----|
-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
-------------2-----------2-------|
-3---------------3---------------|
---------------------------------|


 F(add9)
 :       .       .       .

---------------------------------|
-1---------1-—---------1---------|
-----2---0---0---2---0------0h2s-|
-3-----------3-----------3-------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|

0h2s : pick loose string, hammer
on the second fret, and pull off


G(add9)
 :       .       .       .

---------------------------------|
--0--------0-----------1*--------|
-0---2---0---0---2---0------0h2s-|
-------------0-------------------|
---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|

                  *sometimes 0

C(6)
 :       .       .       .

---------------------------------|
-1---------1-----------1---------|
-----2---0---0---2---0-------0---|
---------------------------------|
-3-----------3-----------3-------|
---------------------------------|

The first shot missed him, a mile 
away
The last shot got him, so they say
Oh, the last shot got him
Oh, the last shot got him


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She cooked good biscuits, so they 
say
...
Oh, she cooked good biscuits, so 
they say
...


Oh, She got good business, so they 
say
She got good business, so they say
She got good business
Oh, she got good business


I wanna trade with you, so they say
I wanna trade with you, so they say
Well, wanna trade with you
...


Oh you got good business, so they 
say
You got good business, so they say
You got good business
Oh, you got good business


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Nice to play strumming, vary the 
chords with
add9 chords, hammering down and 
letting up:

C       x32010      F      x33211   
  G       320003
Cadd9   x32030      Fadd9  x32011   
  Gadd9   300003
Cadd9*  x30010      Fadd9* xx3213   
  Gadd9*  300203


Strumming something like this gives 
that "jumping" play:

Cadd9 C                    Cadd9 
  The first shot missed him, a 
C Cadd9*
mile away
Fadd9 F                  Fadd9 F
  The last shot got him, so they
 Fadd9*
 say
Gadd9 G                     Gadd9
   Oh, the last shot got him
 G   Gadd9*

Cadd9 C                     Cadd9
   Oh, the last shot got him
 C Cadd9*


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There is also a song called "The 
Last Shot Got Him” by Cecil Mack and
 Chris Smith with
other lyrics than the version by 
John Hurt. "The first shot missed 
him by a nose, and the
shot tore right through his 
clothes”. Cecil Mack and Chris Smith
 also tells about the
forth and fifth shot.

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If you have some other versions in 
text or mp3 of this song, comments 
or corrections,
mail me at: metonymo @ mail . ru