For Love
Robert Earl Keen


Intro:  D  Am  G  D

D                    Am          C              D
Strapped my guns and courage on set my cattle free
D                     F            G             D
Rolled a smoke and I made a vow no more to be reviled
D                   Am           C               D
Combed her hair and laid her out pretty as you please
Em                     C             G               D
Watched the fire light up the night, crying like a child


D             Am        C                 D
Saw a man in San Antone shoot down a dancin' queen
D                     F                G             D
And asked him on his hangin day,  what was he thinkin of
D               Am                C               D
He said I never liked the way she treated me so mean
Em              C                   G             D
In the end I'll tell you friend,  I did it all for love


CHORUS:
G               D                 A              Bm A G
Stood out on the ragged edge and there I took the fall
D                Am              G                 D
I did it all for love my friend, for love I did it all


D                  Am            C                 D
Just this side of Devil's Dream above the sulphur mine
D                     F               G               D
I found the man who robbed me of the girl I loved and lost
D                Am            C                   D
I asked him before he died what made him cross the line
Em                 C             G                      D
He asked me did I mean the line that I just  stepped across


CHORUS


Bm  A  G  D              E     E7      A    G  
I.....                   Wonder why?


D                            Am            C             D
I've walked this earth these many years and left a trail of fire
D                 F         G               D
But once I was a gentle man every bit like you
D                       Am      C               D
Watched the heavens opened up, heard the angel choir
Em             C              G                   D
Sing the holy song of God, to thine own self be true


CHORUS