INTRO: C  G  F  G  F  C    G  F  G  F  C    F  C  F  

      C           Em7    F       C
There never was a man so doggone mean
              Em7        F         G
I wore only black and my eyes were green
    C              Em7          F    C
And I can tell ya, now that I'm very old
             Em7       F        C
I'd kill any man for a piece of gold


CHORUS:
        Em7        F         C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
                 G   F   G     F         G
I've been a real bad man and I oughta be dead
C       Em7        F         C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
               G    F    G       F            C
I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying
              G   F    G     F            C                       F
Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying (yes, I did)


  C         Em7        F      C
I rode into Dodge on a sunny day
                Em7           F         G
I went there to steal all the railmen's pay
    C           Em7           F           C
And when I left town, all the streets ran red
                   Em7             F          C
I had ten grand in gold, and three guards lay dead


CHORUS:
        Em7        F         C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
                 G   F   G     F         G
I've been a real bad man and I oughta be dead
C       Em7        F         C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
               G    F    G       F            C
I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying
              G   F    G     F            C                 
Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying (yes, I did)


INSTRUMENTAL: C  Em7  F  C    F C G  C    F  C    F  C


BRIDGE:
        G              F             C
I was a bad man with a heart made of stone
              G                      F        G
If you were a wise man, you would've left me alone______


     C         Em7             F      C
I've lived all my life, such a lonely one
               Em7         F        G
Just me and my horse and a fine six-gun
     C              Em7         F          C
I've lived and I've loved and I knew great pain
                Em7       F     C
But I know now, I'd do it over again, singing


CHORUS:
        Em7        F         C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
                 G   F   G     F         G
I've been a real bad man and I oughta be dead
C       Em7        F         C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
               G    F    G       F            C
I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying
              G   F    G     F            C   
Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying


CHORUS:
        Em7        F         C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
                 G   F   G     F         G
I've been a real bad man and I oughta be dead
C       Em7        F         C
Oh, oh, oh, what a life I've led
               G    F    G       F            C
I've been real mean man, full of cheating and lying
              G   F    G     F            C                       F
Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh