Chris Ledoux, Hair Trigger Colt 44 Tabs

Hair Trigger Colt .44
as Recorded by Chris LeDoux
Transcribed by Ken Bennett (cowboy@laughlin.net)

      E                  B                  A
Iâm a man whoâs goinâ to hell with heavenâs blessing
    E                  B                A
The judge said Iâm not fit to live with men
        E             B                  A
Theyâre building me a gallows in the courtyard
   E                 B              A
To make sure I donât pass this way again

   E              B                   A
My first taste of killinâ was at Vicksburg
  E          B                A
I must have shot me a hundred men
  E                  B                 A
I learned to make my livinâ with a six-gun
       E              B             A
Iâm an outlaw now but I was a hero then

Chorus:
E             B               A
Lord if I had only known the misery
     E                 B                 A
That gloryâs somethinâ not worth killinâ for
  E               B                A
I wish now I had never touched the handle
                 B      E
Of a Hairtrigger Colt .44

E       B             A
I was a hunted desperado
  E                 B           A
A wanted man with a price on my head
  E                     B                   A
I thought that I could steal a taste of freedom
  E        B                  A
I got me a hangmanâs noose instead

Repeat Chorus
E          B            A
Undertaker write on my tombstone
  E              B                  A
A killer finally killed and nothinâ more
  E                      B               A
I wouldnât be here if it hadnât been for Providence
                  B      E
And a Hairtrigger Colt .44

Repeat Chorus 2x