Dont Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash
Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Bb, E A D G B E
Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns To Town
(Capo 1st fret)
Video here - https://youtu.be/CoxQWFtqaYM
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
A young cowboy
named Billy J
oe grew restle
ss on the farm
,
a boy filled w
ith wanderlust
, who really m
eant no harm.
He changed his
clothes and s
hined his boot
s and combed h
is dark hair d
own.
And his mother
cried as he w
alked out,
[Chorus]
"Don't take yo
ur guns to tow
n, son.
Leave your gun
s at home, Bil
l.
Don't take you
r guns to town
."
[Verse 2]
He laughed and
kissed his mo
m and said, "y
our Billy Joe'
s a man.
I can shoot as
quick and str
aight as anyb
ody can
But I wouldn't
shoot without
a cause, I'd
gun nobody dow
n."
But she cried
again as he ro
de away,
[Chorus]
"Don't take yo
ur guns to tow
n, son.
Leave your gun
s at home, Bil
l.
Don't take you
r guns to town
."
[Verse 3]
He sang a song
as on he rode
, his guns hun
g at his hips.
He rode into a
cattle town,
a smile upon h
is lips.
He stopped and
walked into a
bar and laid
his money down
.
But his mother
's words echoe
d again:
[Chorus]
"Don't take yo
ur guns to tow
n, son.
Leave your gun
s at home, Bil
l.
Don't take you
r guns to town
."
[Verse 4]
He drank his f
irst strong li
quor then to c
alm his shakin
g hand,
and tried to t
ell himself at
last he had b
ecome a man.
A dusty cowpok
e at his side
began to laugh
him down.
And he heard a
gain his mothe
r's words:
[Chorus]
"Don't take yo
ur guns to tow
n, son.
Leave your gun
s at home, Bil
l.
Don't take you
r guns to town
."
[Verse 5]
Filled with ra
ge the Billy J
oe reached for
his gun to Dr
aw
but the strang
er drew his gu
n and fired be
fore he even s
aw.
As Billy Joe f
ell to the flo
or the crowd a
ll gathered 'r
ound
and wondered a
t his final wo
rds:
[Chorus]
"Don't take yo
ur guns to tow
n, son.
Leave your gun
s at home, Bil
l.
Don't take you
r guns to town
."