| Artist: | Watchhouse (Mandolin Orange) (English) |
| User: | Lee Menard |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Not defined |
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| Comment: | - |
MISSOURI BORDERLAND – Joe Newberry (Mandolin Orange Version)
Capo: 2 (For D)
Intro:
C Am F C
F Am G C
Verse 1
C Am F C
I am far away from home, with neither faaaaaamily nor friends
F Am G C
I never meant to stay so long, in the Missouri borderland
C Am F C
Three years ago I held a job and saw the wo - rld from my pony's sway
F Am G C
Riding drag on a dusty mile, I knew I’d worked when I drew my pay
C Am F C
But times got hard, Christ, times got mean and I fell i - in with desperate men
F Am G C
And one night the worst of them laid out what was an awful plan
Break:
C Am F C
F Am G C
[Verse 2]
C Am F C
I did not like such wicked talk of murder an - nd bold robbery
F Am G C
I told those men I would walk and they all aimed their guns at me
C Am F C
Their prisoner I helped - them rob a bank, and much go - old we did obtain
F Am G C
They shot a boy just for the sport. I stood and watched his young life wane
C Am F C
Such dreadful sounds, I never heard. His mother’s wai - ling filled the room
F Am G C
She looked at me and screamed these words “the Devil take you to your doom”
Break:
C Am F C
F Am G C
[Verse 3]
C Am F C
I turned and faced that murderous crew. I shot ‘em dead, I killed all four
F Am G C
And the only thing I rued, I had not thought of that before
C Am F C
The posse found - me outside of town, as I was knee - ling there to pray
F Am G C
From a gallows high I’m to lay down in the dark Missouri grave
C Am F C
Please hide the rope stains around my neck, when my mo - ther sees me dead
F Am G C
Please don’t let my brothers take the fateful path I chose to tread
F C Am F C
Cause I am far away from home with neither fa - mily nor friends
F C G C
I never meant to stay so long in the Missouri borderland
F Am G C
And now I’ll spend eternity in the Missouri borderland