The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Chords - Gene Pitney

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                  "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"
                      (Burt Bacharach - Hal David)

Intro:

(solo fiddle [implies C#m])

E
/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

               E              A
When Liberty Valance rode to town
         G#m        C#m           A    B
The womenfolk would hide, they'd hide
               E              A
When Liberty Valance walked around
              G#m   C#m
The men would step aside

Chorus 1:

            G#m                   D#m
'Cause the point of a gun was the only law
     G#m            A     B
That Liberty understood
         E        G#m     C#m
When it came to shooting straight and fast
A [N.C.]      [1: E  2: C#m, to bridge]
  He was mighty good

Verse 2:

From out of the East a stranger came
A law book in his hand, a man
The kind of a man the West would need
To tame a troubled land

[repeat chorus 1]

Bridge 1:

C#m    G#m       C#m
Many a man would face his gun
    G#m               A    B
And many a man would fall
     E      G#m  C#m
The man who shot Liberty Valance
E    G#m  C#m
  He shot Liberty Valance
A [N.C.]                     (E)
  He was the bravest of them all

E  C#m            A        E
/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 3:

The love of a girl can make a man stay on
When he should go, stay on
Just trying to build a peaceful life
Where love is free to grow

Chorus 3:

But the point of a gun was the only law
That Liberty understood
When the final showdown came to pass
                   E      C7
A law book was no good

[key change to F]

Verse 4:

             F                     Bb
Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd
             Am      Dm             Bb    C
Return that fateful night, oh that night
                  F                  Bb
When nothing she said could keep her man
           Am      Dm
From going out to fight

Chorus 4:

         Am                    Em
From the moment a girl gets to be full grown
     Am                    Bb    C
The very first thing she learns
      F      Am         Dm
When two men go out to face each other
Bb [N.C.]      Dm
   Only one returns

Bridge 2:

Dm       Am         Dm
Everyone heard two shots ring out
     Am                Bb   C
The shot made Liberty fall
     F       Am  Dm
The man who shot Liberty Valance
F     Am  Dm
  He shot Liberty Valance
Bb [N.C.]                     (Dm)
   He was the bravest of them all

Dm           C
/ / / /  / / / /

Coda:

     F       Am  Dm
The man who shot Liberty Valance
F     Am  Dm
  He shot Liberty Valance
Bb [N.C.]                     Dm
   He was the bravest of them all

(solo fiddle [Dm] and drums to fade)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers