Song Name: | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (12th pos) | By: | Burt Bacharach, Gene Pitney |
Posted By: | waltp | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Eb | Genre: | Theme |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2017-08-31 18:15:31 | Modified: | 2017-08-31 18:16:42 |
Song: | THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE 12th pos
W: Hal David M: Burt Bacharach Gene Pitney Key: Eb Harp: Bb 2 -2” -2”3 -3” -3” 3 -2” -1 5 -5 -5 6 -6 -6 6 -5 -4 When Lib-er-ty Val-ance rode to town -1 -2” 3 -3” 4 -4 -3” 3 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -8 -6 6 The wom-en folk would hide, they'd hide. 2 -2” -2”3 -3” -3” 3 -2” -1 5 -5 -5 6 -6 -6 6 -5 -4 When Lib-er-ty Val-ance walked a-round -1 -2” 3 -3” 4 -4 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -8 The men would step a-side 4 -4 5 -4 4 -4 4 -3” -3 -3” 3 7 -8 8 -8 7 -8 7 -6 -7 -6 6 Cause the point of a gun was the on-ly law 3 -3” -3 4 4 5 -4 5 6 -6 -7 7 7 8 -8 8 That lib-er-ty un-der-stood. 5 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 -4 -4-3”3-2” 8 8 -9 -9 8 -8 7 -8 -8 -66-5 When it came to shoot-in' straight and fast, -3” 3 -2” -1 -2” -6 6 -5 -4 -5 He was might-y good. 2 -2” 3 3 -3”-3” 3 -2” -1 5 -5 6 6 -6 -6 6 -5 -4 From out of the east a stran-ger came, -1 -2” 3 -3” 4 -4 -3” 3 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -8 -6 6 A law book in his hand, a man. 2 -2” -2”3 -3” -3” 3 -2” -1 5 -5 -5 6 -6 -6 6 -5 -4 The kind of a man the west would need -1 -2” 3 -3” 4 -3” -4 -5 6 -6 7 -6 To tame a trou-bled land; 4 -4 5 -4 4 -4 4 -3” -3 -3” 3 7 -8 8 -8 7 -8 7 -6 -7 -6 6 Cause the point of a gun was the on-ly law 3 -3” -3 4 4 5 -4 6 -6 -7 7 7 8 -8 That lib-er-ty un-der-stood. 5 5 -5 5 5 -4 4 -4 -4-3”3-2” 8 8 -9 8 8 -8 7 -8 -8 -66-5 When it came to shoot-in' straight and fast, -3” 3 -2” -1 -1 -6 6 -5 -4 -4 He was might-y good. 5 5 -5 5 5 -4 4 -4 -4-3”3-2” 8 8 -9 8 8 -8 7 -8 -8 -66-5 When it came to shoot-in' straight and fast, -3” 3 -2” -1 -1 -6 6 -5 -4 -4 He was might-y good. -4 -4 -4 5 5 5 -5 -4 -8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -9 -8 Man-y a man would face his gun -3” 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -6 7 7 7 -8 8 -8 7 And man-y a man would fall, 4 -5 -5 4 -5 5 -4 4 -4 7 -9 -9 7 -9 8 -8 7 -8 The man who shot Lib-er-ty Val-ance, -5 4 -5 5 -4 4 -4 -9 7 -9 8 -8 7 -8 He shot Lib-er-ty Val-ance, -4 4 -3” -4 4 -2” 3 -3” -8 7 -6 -8 7 -5 6 -6 He was the brav-est of them all. 2 -2” 3 3 -3” -3” 3 -2”-1 5 -5 6 6 -6 -6 6 -5 -4 The love of a girl can make a man -1 -2” 3 -3” 4 -4 -3” 3 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -8 -6 6 Stay on when he should go, stay on. 2 -2” -2” 3 -3” -3” 3 -2” -1 5 -5 -5 6 -6 -6 6 -5 -4 Just try-in' to build a peace-ful life -1 -2” 3 -3” 4 -4 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -8 Where love is free to grow; 4 -4 5 -4 4 -4 4 -3” -3 -3” 3 7 -8 8 -8 7 -8 7 -6 -7 -6 6 But the point of a gun was the on-ly law 3 -3” -3 4 4 5 -4 6 -6 -7 7 7 8 -8 That lib-er-ty un-der-stood. 5 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 -4 -4-3”3-2” 8 8 -9 -9 8 -8 7 -8 -8-66-5 When the fi-nal show-down came at last -2”-3” 3 -2” -1 -2” -5 -6 6 -5 -4 -5 A law book was no good. 2 -2” 3 3 -3” -3” 3 -2” -1 5 -5 6 6 -6 -6 6 -5 -4 A-lone and a-fraid she prayed that he'd -4 -5 6 -6 7 -8 -6 6 Re-turn that fate-ful night, that night. 2 -2” -2” 3 -3” -3” 3 -2 -1 5 -5 -5 6 -6 -6 6 -5 -4 When noth-ing she said could keep her man -1 -2”3 -3” 4 -4 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -8 From go-in’ out to fight. 4 -4 5 -4 4 -4 7 -8 8 -8 7 -8 From the mo-ment a girl 4 -3”-3 -3” 3 7 -6 -7 -6 6 Gets to be full grown 3 -3”-3 4 4 5 -4 5 6 -6 -7 7 7 8 -8 8 The ver-y first thing she learns 5 5 -5 -5 5 4 -4 -4 -3”3-2” 8 8 -9 -9 8 7 -8 -8 -6 6-5 When two men go out to face each oth-er, -3”3 -2” -1 -1 -6 6 -5 -4 -4 On-ly one re-turns. -4 -4 -4 5 5 5 -5 -4 -8 -8 -8 8 8 8 -9 -8 Ev-‘ry-one heard two shots ring out, -3” 4 4 -4 -4 5 -4 -6 7 7 -8 -8 8 -8 One shot made Lib-er-ty fall 4 -5 -5 4 -5 5 -4 4 -4 7 -9 -9 7 -9 8 -8 7 -8 The man who shot Lib-er-ty Val-ance, -5 4 -5 5 -4 4 -4 -9 7 -9 8 -8 7 -8 He shot Lib-er-ty Val-ance, -4 4 -3” -4 4 -1 -2” -3” -8 7 -6 -8 7 -4 -5 -6 He was the brav-est of them all. |