E E E E
[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]
E
I met a darkhaired beauty
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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]
E
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]
E
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]
E
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]
E
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]
E B D E
E B D E
[Verse]
E
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
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Bullets in the gun...
