D                                G7
I rode out of Kansas City, going south to Mexico
      A                              G7                  D
I was running dodging danger, left the girl that I loved so
                                   G7
Far behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earned
        A                                 G7               D
Twenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had learned

[Chorus]
       G7                           D
Many times I sold my fast gun for a place to lay my head
         G7                             D                  A
Till the nights began to haunt me by the men that I left dead

[Verse 2]
         D                           G7
Couldn't stand it any longer with the life that I'd begun
     A                            G7               D
So I said good-bye to Jeannie and became a running gun
                             G7
I rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west
    A                               G7                   D
My thoughts in Kansas City and the girl that I love best
                                            G7
As I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned away to go
          A                               G7              D
Said I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old Mexico

[Chorus]
G7                                   D
I had barely left the saddle and my foot just touched the ground
        G7                                  D                 A
When a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn around

[Verse 3]
         D                              G7
Said he knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid by the law
               A                     G7                  D
Challenged by a bounty hunter, so I turned around to draw
  D                                  G7
I knew someday I'd meet him for his hand like lightning flashed
    A                                 G7                D
My own gun stood in leather as his bullet tore it's path
                                              G7
As my strength was slowly fading I could see him walk away
       A                               G7                 D
And I knew that where I lie tonight he too must lie some day

[Chorus]
G7                                       D
Now the crowd is slowly gathering and my eyes are growing dim
        G7
And my thoughts return to Jeannie
        D                  A
and the home that we had planned

          D
Oh please tell her won't you mister
            G7
that she's still the only one
       A                               G7                 D
But a woman's love is wasted when she loves a running gun