Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] | D | A | D | A | B7 | E | A | A | [Verse 1]

There ^Awas a man whose ^Adeeds were dark as ^Anight ^A And ^Aquite by chance he ^Arode into the ^B7light ^B7 A ^Dman, wild as a ^Adust devil ^Dwith no place to ^Arun ^B7Living by his ^B7wits and by his ^Egun ^E

[Verse 2]

He ^Amet a girl like ^Anone he'd ever ^Aknown ^A She ^Acared not for the ^Awild oats he had ^B7sewn ^B7 And, ^Dso, he laid his ^Agun down and ^Dset his spirit ^Afree Began ^B7living in res^B7pectabili^Ety ^E

[Verse 3]

But his ^Aold ways of ^Athinking wouldn't ^Adie ^A Could ^Anot forget the ^Aold creed he lived ^B7by ^B7 And the ^Dgood and bad and the ^Aright and wrong kept ^Dfighting for his ^Asoul 'Til his ^B7heart and mind ^Eboth went out of con^Atrol ^A

[Instrumental] | A | A | A | A | | A | A | B7 | B7 | | D | A | D | A | | B7 | E | A | A | [Verse 4]

But ^Anow the old sa^Aloon had lost its s^Apell ^A What ^Aonce was laughter ^Anow was living ^B7hell ^B7 And the ^Dhookers, guns and ^Adrinking in his ^Dlife were out of ^Aplace And ^B7in his mind he ^B7saw an Angel's ^Eface ^E

[Verse 5]

So, ^Ahe burned all his ^Abridges in a ^Aday ^A And the ^ADevil deeds were ^Adone and laid a^B7way ^B7 And ^Dhe rode out a ^Abetter man than ^Dwhen he first rode ^Ain And the ^B7Angel got the ^EBadman in the ^Aend ^A