Kingston Trio - Long Black Rifle Rick in Macon
1ST VERSE
G F G F
Come closer, my love, and you'll hear my tale.
G F G D
I'll make you cold. It'll turn you pale.
D G
It's a tale of a man's never ending love
F G
and the long, black rifle.
Chorus:
G F G
He wed a woman sworn to another
G F G
and, in a rage, the other man
G F G
Shot him down with a long, black rifle,
G F G
shot him down and away he ran.
2ND VERSE
G F G F
A prairie man loved a city maid.
G F G D
Was the love he took worth the price he paid,
D G
When a man ends up at the smoky end
F G
of a long, black rifle?
(Chorus above)
3RD VERSE
G F G F
His dyin' words I repeat to you:
G F G D
"You can never kill love when love is true."
D G F G
It lives when only the rust is left of the long, black rifle.
(Chorus)
then repeat last line of chorus:
G F G
Shot him down and away he ran.
Rick in Macon
