Tuning: Standard ( ) Chords Used (all relative to ): Intro (relative to ): e|--4-------------4-----------------| B|----5--7--4-------5-7-4------4-5--| G|---------------------------4------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| A second guitar repeats this throughout: (With ) (Without Capo) e|----------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|------1--------------------1------------| G|------2--------------------2------------| D|--------2-----(2)------------2----------| OR D|--------3-----(3)-------------3---------| A|----2-------0------------2------(0)-----| A|----3-------1------------3------(1)-----| E|--0--------------0-----0-----------(0)--| E|--1---------------1----1-----------(1)--| The timing of the verse chords is: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & e|---0---------------0-------0-------|---0-------------------0---0-------| B|---0---------------0-------0-------|---0-------------------0---0-------| G|---1---------------2-------1-------|---1-------------------2---1-------| D|---2---------------2-------2-------|---2-------------------2---2-------| A|---2---------------0-------2-------|---2-------------------0---2-------| E|---0---------------x-------0-------|---0-------------------x---0-------| I'm leaving this place behind And I'm heading out on the road tonight I'm off for the hinterlands Way up North where the tall trees stand Before I commence my ride I'm asking Lily to be my bride I know there's another man But he ain't gonna delay my plan I know she's gonna be my wife Gonna fall in love I'm gonna live my life with her You know I bet he's not so tough Ain't afraid of him cause I'm a fool for love I've come forth to find Big Jim Well here I am and I guess you're him I see how you got your name You're tall as hell and broad as a train They say you a hard-born man And the baddest guy in the whole wide land Well I'm not afraid to fight Let's step outside and I'll show you why I'm humming like a revved up truck Never mind the odds I'm gonna try my luck with her Just tell me when you've had enough I'm dangerous cause I'm a fool for love You know you don't hit half bad But I'm gonna lay you in the ground tonight Just wait until I catch my breath Gonna send you off to an early death e|--4-------------4-----------------| B|----5--7--4-------5-7-4------4-5--| G|---------------------------4------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| I lie in the drifting snow Bleeding out as it covers me over If spring comes before I'm found Just throw my bones in a hole in the ground I lost friends along my way I knew I'd meet them eventually No I'm not afraid to die Just mad I left that Jim alive I know I should've never looked back But you ain't gonna win a woman's heart like that I never should've called his bluff I was born to lose cause I'm a fool for love I stare into the endless sky Let the sorry tale of my life go by I drift into the great unknown I really don't know where I'm going

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