Intro: Dm
D
Id say Im a lover not a fighter
G
I never stare nobody down
A
Till one night my girl I could not find her
D
She never made it back from town
D
I found my Shannon cryin in the woods
G
A wicked man he held her down
A
So I stuck him deep and I buried him good
D
But not deep enough to fool the hounds
D G D
We took shelter in a chapel neath the blood moon sky
Bm G A D
I bought a gun and made Shannon my wife
D D/F# G
We jumped in a boxcar to old Mexico
D A D
Where I aint worth a penny of my bounty back home
D A D
No, I aint worth a penny of my bounty back home
D
Well that train stopped in Tijuana
G
We built a shack beneath the sun
A
Where I make my Shannon Margaritas
D
We watch our children laugh and run, run, run
D
Sometimes I miss my daddy
G
Sometimes I miss my mum
A
But I think theyd be real proud of me
D
To know the man that Ive become
D G D
We took shelter in a chapel neath the blood moon sky
Bm G A D
I bought a gun and made Shannon my wife
D D/F# G
We jumped in a boxcar to old Mexico
D A D
Where I aint worth a penny of my bounty back home
D A D
No, I aint worth a penny of my bounty back home, Ha!
Solo: D G D Bm G A D/F# G A
D
Train, train, roll on
D
Train, train, roll on
D Bm A
Train, train, roll on, roll on
D
Shannon whyd you run with me? She said:
D Bm
What was I supposed to do boy, just watch you leave?
G D A Bm
Youd have broken my heart, youd have haunted my dreams
D A D A D
Your love boy is all I need, your love boy is all I'll ever need
D G D
We took shelter in a chapel neath the blood moon sky
Bm G A D
I bought a gun and made Shannon my wife
D D/F# G
We jumped in a boxcar to old Mexico
D A D
Where we aint worth a penny of our bounty back home
D A D
No, we aint worth a penny of our bounty back home, Ha!
Outro: D G D Bm A Bm G Bm A D
