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[Verse]
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They used to call me lightning
E
I was always quick to strike
    D
Had everything I own
       D
In the saddles on my back
  A
I had a reputation
          A
For never staying very long
            E
Just like a wild and restless drifter
       D
Like a cowboy in a song

[Verse]
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I met a darkhaired beauty
E
Where they laid the whiskey down
   D
In southern Arizona
     D
In a little border town
    A
She had to dance for money
        A
In that dusty old saloon
            E
I dropped a dollar in the jukebox
D                           E
Played that girl a tune yeah

[Chorus]
A
Never see it coming
        D              A
It just hits you by surprise
          E
It's that cold place in your soul
     B
That fire in her eye
D
Makes you come together
          A
Like wild horses when they run
        E
Now the cards are on the table
        A
And the bullets in the gun

[Verse]
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She was sittin' on my lap
E
We still had shots to kill
       D
When a man pulled up who owned the bar
     D
In a Cadillac DeVille
   A
He grabbed her by her raven hair
    A
And threw her in the floor
          E
Said no free rides for the cowboys
           D                    E
That ain't what I pay you for no

[Verse]
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She jumped up and grabbed my pistol
E
Stuck it in the fat man's back
     D
Said open up the safe
         D
Put your money in the sack
A
Tied his hands behind him
      A
Put a blindfold on his eyes
               E
Said if you're dumb enough to chase us
           D                  E
Man you're dumb enough to die

[Chorus]
A
Never see it coming
        D              A
It just hits you by surprise
          E
It's that cold place in your soul
     B
That fire in her eye
D
Makes you come together
          A
Like wild horses when they run
        E
Now the cards are on the table
        A
And the bullets in the gun

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse]
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We rode across the border
E
Down into Mexico
            D
When you're running from the law
                 D
Ain't that where everybody goes
A
We came to a town
       A
With a name I couldn't spell
    E
She gave me what I came for
        D            E
In that Mexican motel

[Verse]
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I woke up to sirens
E
And the sound of running feet
           D
There were 50 federales
           D
Locked and loaded in the street
    A
She grabbed my 44
              A
I grabbed the money in the sack
    E
She kissed me for the last time
       D                  E
And we headed out the back

[Instrumental Break]
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[Verse]
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Every gun was on us
E
And every heartbeat pounding
    D
The only one thing left to do
          D
When they got you all surrounded
    A
She fired that old pistol
       A
But we didn't stand a prayer
E
Money hit the gravel
D
Bullets filled the air...

[Chorus]
A
Never see it coming
        D              A
It just hits you by surprise
          E
It's that cold place in your soul
     B
That fire in her eye
D
Makes you come together
          A
Like wild horses when they run
        E
Now the cards are on the table
        A
And the bullets in the gun

[Outro]
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Bullets in the gun
D
Bullets in the gun
A                    E
Bullets in the gun...