E B A
I?a man who?goin?o hell with heaven?blessing
E B A
The judge said I?not fit to live with men
E B A
They? building me a gallows in the courtyard
E B A
To make sure I don?pass this way again
E B A
My first taste of killin?as at Vicksburg
E B A
I must have shot me a hundred men
E B A
I learned to make my livin?ith a six-gun
E B A
I?an outlaw now but I was a hero then
Chorus:
E B A
Lord if I had only known the misery
E B A
That glory?somethin?ot worth killin?or
E B A
I wish now I had never touched the handle
B E
Of a Hairtrigger Colt .44
E B A
I was a hunted desperado
E B A
A wanted man with a price on my head
E B A
I thought that I could steal a taste of freedom
E B A
I got me a hangman?noose instead
Repeat Chorus
E B A
Undertaker write on my tombstone
E B A
A killer finally killed and nothin?ore
E B A
I wouldn?be here if it hadn?been for Providence
B E
And a Hairtrigger Colt .44
Repeat Chorus 2x