E      D  E

[1st Verse]
E
Big tall man standing in the street
G              D      A
Gun hanging on by his side
A
Just one man that he'd like to meet
A      Bm              B
That's when I began to hide

[2nd Verse]
E
I recognized him from the face of his son
E   G                      A
The hate in his eye didn't lie
A
And what I did can't be undone
A   B                          E
Borrowed time, there's none to buy

[3rd Verse]
E
Well, I hid around the back of a derelict shack
G                           A
Ain't looking for a mad showdown
A
But he was smart, he'd already checked
A B
A week in advance I'd paid down

[4th Verse]
B         E
Well, the hotel clerk was a fun-loving man
G           D             A
The job he had it didn't pay
A
He told all about what happened that night
             Bm         B              E
There he is, that's the one's all he'd say

[Chorus]
E
Well, all the people were
B                          A
Running, jumping, even thumping
A
On my bad neighbor's doors
A      B
Crying curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
A                   E
Let me in I gotta hide
E
Well, everybody was
B
Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
A
No one to protect our town
B
Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
B    A                G           E
He's gonna shoot your sheriff down

[Interlude]
E

[5th Verse]
E
Big tall man standing in the street
E       G                    A
Now a hand hovering ready to slide
A
Drew out his gun, it wasn't for fun
A   Bm
Let me in there's nowhere to hide

[6th Verse]
E
Well, I made my play but it wasn't my day
G             D     A
I felt the ripping lead
A
That's when I knew my time was through
A       Bm                           E
Rest in peace were the last words he said

[Chorus]
E
Well, all the people were
B
Running, jumping, even thumping
B  A
On my bad neighbor's doors
A      B                                        A
Crying curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
E
Let me in I gotta hide
E
Well, everybody was
B                           A
Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
A
No one to protect our town
B
Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
B    A                G         E
He's gonna shoot your sheriff down

[Out-Chorus]
E
Well, all the people were
B
Running, jumping, even thumping
B  A
On my bad neighbor's doors
A      B                                        A
Crying curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
E
Let me in I gotta hide
E
Well, everybody was
B
Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying
A
No one to protect our town
B                                        A
Curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
B    A                G         E
He's gonna shoot your sheriff down
B
Running, jumping, even thumping
B     A
On my bad neighbor's doors
A      B                                        A
Crying curly Billy silly with his colt he calls filly
                       E
Let me in I gotta hide
E
Well, everybody was
B
Crying, sighing Sam McGee's dying