Chord Hardin Wouldn't Run by Johnny Cash

Intro C C C E E G G Verse 1 G G G G I know a man whose plow handle hand is quicker than a light G G G G Wes Hardin is his name they say he travels in the night G G G D G G For he might have to kill or walk around a fight Verse 2 G G G G And if you ever saw Wes Hardin draw you know he can skin his gun G G G G G He won't say how many tried and died up against the top hand G G D G Up against the wrong man cause Hardin' wouldn't run Instrumental C D A E A A Verse 3 A A A A He rode in like a Texas wind took the eastbound train A A A A Goin' goin' with Jane Bowen till the law men caught up A A E A So long Janie chin up I'll be back again Instrumental C C Verse 4 C C C C Off he went to Huntsville Prison so long Janie he cried C C C C Fifteen years she waited till her heart broke and she died C C G7 C And she left that bad land to wait up in the sky Instrumental A A Verse 5 A A A A Free at last the payin' past for all the wrong he did A A A A First free air they let him breathe since he was a kid A A E A A A So let him come and let him go and let him deal and bid Verse 6 A A A A Near the border in El Paso lawyer reads the sign A A A A You won't find him there for business every day at nine A A A A E A For business is real bad one client's all he's had in quite a long long time Instrumental G G G Verse 7 G G G G Then sheriff Selman's boy broke in to Wes's woman's place G G G G Up she jumped and pistol whipped him kicked him in the face G G D G And John Selman demands revenge for this disgrace Instrumental C D D E C G G Verse 8 G G G G You could see every night by candlelight in Hardin's favorite bar G G G G She'd be hanging on his arm and very late they'd leave there G G G G Headed for the Goose Hair glad it wasn't far Instrumental E D C A G E G A A Verse 9 A A A A Right through the swinging doors John Selman came with a blazin' gun A A A A Wes Hardin chug-a-luggin' red eye got him in the back of the head A A E A John Wesley Hardin fell dead cos Hardin wouldn't run Outro G C E D C A G G G G