FASTEST GUN IN TOWN
Chancey Williams
Album: 3rd Street
Submitted by: Christopher R.
12/6/2021

Intro: (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C) x 2 

They don't (Dm) tell you 'bout the hard times
When they sell you on this game
They (C) just (Bb) talk about the girls
And all the whiskey and the fame
But even (C) if I'd known, I'd have saddled up, any(Bb)way

Some(C)thin' (Dm) 'bout this quest for gold
Lights a fire in your blood 
And (C) your (Bb) soul won't rest 'til there's
Another notch carved in your gun
You best (C) keep a sharp eye when you make a (Bb) name
Cause there's (C) always some new, younger, Jessie (Bb) James

  Just nod your (F) head and say a prayer
  Every (Dm) time they crack the latch
  Cause that (C) number on your shirt
  Is like a (Bb) bullseye on your back
  Some (F) days you don't clear leather
  Sometimes (Dm) all you hit's the ground
  No, (C) it ain't easy tryin' to be the (Bb) fastest gun in town

(Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)

As (C) you (Dm) shuffle down the street side
Of this place called rodeo
Past (C) the (Bb) lights and all the laughter
You'll come across the bones
Of all those (C) broken dreams - scattered in the (Bb) ditch
Cause (C) some of us just don't know how to (Bb) quit

  We just nod our (F) head and say a prayer
  Every (Dm) time they crack the latch
  Cause that (C) number on your shirt
  Is like a (Bb) bullseye on your back
  Some (F) days you don't clear leather
  Sometimes (Dm) all you hit's the ground
  No, (C) it ain't easy tryin' to be the (Bb) fastest gun - the fastest gun in town

(Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)

Every (Dm) mile and every scar
Every (C) drop of blood and (Bb) sweat
Is worth it

  When I nod my (F) head and say a prayer
  And that (Dm) gate man cracks the latch
  And (C) who I am is more than just 
  A (Bb) number on my back
  And (F) I'll write every letter
  Maybe (Dm) someday I'll go down
  In (C) history just tryin' to be the (Bb) fastest gun in town 
  (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C) The fastest gun in town (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C) (Dm) (C) (Bb) (C)