Kingston Trio - Long Black Rifle

kingston trio – long black rifle rick in macon

1st verse
G F G F
come closer , my love , and you’ll hear my tale .
G F G D
i’ll make you cold . it’ll turn you pale .
D G
it’s a tale of a man’s never ending love
F G
and the long , black rifle .

chorus :
G F G
he wed a woman sworn to another
G F G
and , in a rage , the other man
G F G
shot him down with a long , black rifle ,
G F G
shot him down and away he ran .

2nd verse
G F G F
a prairie man loved a city maid .
G F G D
was the love he took worth the price he paid ,
D G
when a man ends up at the smoky end
F G
of a long , black rifle?

( chorus above )

3rd verse
G F G F
his dyin’ words i repeat to you :
G F G D
“you can never kill love when love is true . ”
D G F G
it lives when only the rust is left of the long , black rifle .

( chorus )
then repeat last line of chorus :
G F G
shot him down and away he ran .

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