Sundown (Ballad of Bill Thaxton) Akkorde von 
Marty Robbins 
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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Bill Thaxton was an ex ranger
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One of the bravest by far
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It's said that old Bill was
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The fast est man ever
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To pin on a ranger's star
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Stor ies about him were legends
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Bill was the best of the bold
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Bad men all feared him way back in his day
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But he was now growing old
Verse 2
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Into Bill's town rode an out law
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He wore his gun low and tied down
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He reined in his horse and
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Announced to the crowd
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"If you speak to me call me Sun down"
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His clothes were all dark and fancy
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And topped by a black leather vest
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Somebody asked how
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he came by his name
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And if he was one of the be st
Verse 3
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The eyes of the tall stranger narrowed
He grinned like the devil possessed
"I never fight till the sun's going down
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And my back is facing the
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West "
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Verse 4
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Said he wouldn't be with us to morrow
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He only rode in for one thing
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He only stopped by to make
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Bill Thaxton die
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So he could add to his fame
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"Go give Bill Thaxton a message
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And tell him a killer's in town
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Tell him we'll meet at
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the en d of the street
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Just as the sun's going down"
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Somebody said it had been years
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Since old Bill had toted a gun
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Sun down replied that
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it was n't his hide
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Killing old Bill would be fun
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The old ranger sen t back his an swer
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"Tell him that I'm on my way
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I've never ran and I'll
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meet this young man
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At any time of the day"
Verse 5
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Bill got there just about sunset
It still hung like fire in the sky
In just a few moments out
there in the street
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Old Bill or the outlaw would die
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Verse 6
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Slowly Bill slid from the saddle
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And star ted to make his ad vance
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The sun hit the old ranger
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square in the eye s
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The shadows had started to dance
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Bill started talk ing to Sun down
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Judging his distance that way
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Their stride was the same and
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At just thirty feet
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Both of the men made their play
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Verse 7
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Bill's gun slipped leather like light ning
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His forty- four spoke with a whine
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The sun didn't bother Bill Thaxton at all
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Be cause the old ranger was blind
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Six shots de livered their message
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The ranger had emptied his gun
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Bill gave a sigh when there was no reply
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He knew that once more he had won
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The old ranger lowered his six gun
He just stood there starting ahead
Watching you'd think that old
Bill didn't know
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In front of him Sundown lay dead
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Verse 8
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Bill has been gone for a long time
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But old timers still can re call
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The day the old ranger
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stood up to the test
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And proved he was be st of them all
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