Fastest Gun Alive
Recorded by Charley Crockett
Album: Single (2026)

(Capo on 3)

(Intro.)
|(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Verse 1)
(D)Thunder in the (A)canyon, (G)up a two-track (D)road
The (G)kind that I been (A)down a couple times be-(D)fore
(D) Late in the (A)spring, just be-(G)low the timber-(D)line
(G)I got stoned on a (A)bottle of bluebird (D)wine

(Refrain)
(G)Down on the (A)creek, where the (G)crystal water (D)flows
I (G)thought I saw my (D)life in the melting (A) snow
(G)Then I fell a-(A)sleep, from the (G)un of a midday (D)heat
And (G)dreamt about the (A)title I had (D)won / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Verse 2)
(D)Never been to (A)heaven, but I've (G)had one foot in (D)Hell
(G)Spent my share of (A)nights in the county (D)jail
They (D)weren't too far be-(A)hind me (G)coming up a-(D)head
Was the (G)memory of the (A)sweetest thing she (D)said

(Refrain)
(G)Down on the creek (A) where the (G)crystal water (D)flows
I (G)thought I saw my (D)life in the melting (A) snow
(G)Then I fell a-(A)sleep from the (G)sun of a midday (D)heat
(G)Dreamt about the (A)title I had (D)won

(Chorus)
(Bm)Fastest gun a-(D)live
I've been (Bm)wanted all of my (D)life
I can't (Bm)change these things I've (D)done
Please for-(G)give my tears in the (D)sun

(Interlude)
|(D) / / / |(A) / / / |(G) / / / |(D) / (A) / |
|(G) / / / |(A) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / (A) / |

(Bridge)
(D)Raining on the (A)mesa, but (G)I can see the (D)sky
And the (G)mountains that won't (A)tell me the reason (D)why

(Refrain)
(D)Down on the (A)creek, where the (G)crystal water (D)flows
I (G)thought I saw my (D)life in the melting (A) snow
(G)Then I fell a-(A)sleep from the (G)sun of a midday (D)heat
And (G)dreamt about the (A)title I had (D)won

(Outro.)
(Bm)Fastest gun a-(D)live, I've been (Bm)wanted all of my (D)life
I can't (Bm)change these things I've (D)done
Please for-(G)give my tears in the (D)sun
Lord, for-(G)give my tears in the (D)sun / / / (D) / / - - - - -