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{t: Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The } {key: C} {artist:Gene Pitney} From: Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpexuke.com Gene Pitney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDN4L7cAQf0 Capo 4 [G7] When Liberty [C] Valance rode to [F] town The women [Em] folk would [Am] hide they'd [F] hide [G7] When Liberty [C] Valance walked a[F]round the men would [Em] step a[Am]side {c: } Cause the [Em] point of a gun was the [Bm] only law That [Em] Liberty under[F]stoo[G7]d When it [C] came to shooting [Am] straight and fast [F] he was mighty [C] good [G7] {c: } From out of the [C] East a stranger [F] came A law book [Em] in his [Am] hand a [F] man [G7] The kind of a [C] man the West would [F] need to tame a [Em] troubled [Am] land {c: } Cause the [Em] point of a gun was the [Bm] only law That [Em] Liberty under[F]stoo[G7]d When it [C] came to shooting [Am] straight and fast [F] he was mighty [C] good {c: } [Am] Many a [Em] man would [Am] face his gun And [Em] many a man would [F] fa[G7]ll The [C] man who shot [Am] Liberty Valance [C] He shot [Am] Liberty Valance [F] he was the bravest of them [C] all [G7] {c: } The love of a [C] girl can make a [F] man stay on When [Em] he should [Am] go stay [F] on [G7] Just trying to [C] build a peaceful [F] life where love is [Em] free to [Am] grow {c: } But the [Em] point of a gun was the [Bm] only law That [Em] Liberty under[F]sto[G7]od When the [C] final showdown [Am] came to pass [F] a law book was no [C] good {c: } Alone and a[C]fraid she prayed that [F] he'd return That [Em] fateful [Am] night oh that [F] night [G7] When nothing she [C] said could keep her [F] man from going [Em] out to [Am] fight {c: } From the [Em] moment a girl gets to [Bm] be full grown The [Em] very first thing she [F] lear[G7]ns When [C] two men go out to [Am] face each other [F] only one re[C]turns {c: } [Am] Everyone [Em] heard two [Am] shots ring out One [Em] shot made Liberty [F] fa[G7]ll The [C] man who shot [Am] Liberty Valance [C] He shot [Am] Liberty Valance [F] he was the bravest of them [C] all [G7] {c: } The [C] man who shot [Am] Liberty Valance [C] He shot [Am] Liberty Valance [F] he was the bravest of them [C] all [G7] [C]