Текст песни с аккордами
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[Intro]
D A G
[Verse 1]
D A G D
His name was Ezra Allen Minor and he was just a skinny cowboy
G D
when he conspired to rob his first stagecoach.
A G D
They condemned him to San Quentin, just a wayward sixteen year old,
G A D
but noted that him manners were beyond reproach.
[Verse 2]
D A G D
Thirtyfive years later the stagecoach had disappeared,
G D
a steel rail stretched across the land.
A G D
Billy watched the locomotives and planned away his fears.
G A D
It sure beat pickin' oysters in Bellingham.
[Chorus]
G A D G
Hands Up cried the Grey Fox, I ain't never killed a man,
A D
but you're a fool if you don't think that I can.
G A D G
Stagecoach or a rail car, it's all the same to me.
A D
Give me what you got and I'll let you be.
[Verse 3]
D A G D
When Billy crossed the border he was practiced at his trade.
G D
He lead his men and skills to work against the CPR.
A G D
He took Sixty Thousand Dollars on that Mission Raid.
G A D
Emboldened he decided to raise the bar.
[Verse 4]
D A G D
In the dark at almost midnight at a place called Monte Creek,
G D
Billy and his boys cut the mail car loose.
A G D
But them railmen was crafty and fucked up Billy's Plans.
G A D
Nearly empty handed Billy fell for their ruse.
[Chorus]
G A D G
Hands Up cried the Grey Fox, I ain't never killed a man,
A D
but you're a fool if you don't think that I can.
G A D G
Stagecoach or a rail car, it's all the same to me.
A D
Give me what you got and I'll let you be.
[Verse 5]
D A G D
Billy lead the posse for six days and eighty miles.
G D
They finally took him down at Douglas Lake.
A G D
The posse was no longer taken in by Billy's wiles.
G A D
Fifteen bucks and some liver pills was the total take.
[Verse 6]
D A G D
They locked him up at New Westminster, set him to work makin' bricks.
G D
Just an old man shufflin' round the pen.
A G D
Little did they know, he was up to his old tricks.
G A D
He busted out and they never saw him again.
[Chorus]
G A D G
Hands Up cried the Grey Fox, I ain't never killed a man,
A D
but you're a fool if you don't think that I can.
G A D G
Stagecoach or a rail car, it's all the same to me.
A D
Give me what you got and I'll let you be.
G A D
Give me what you got and I'll go free.
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