E B A I'm a man who's goin' to hell with heaven's blessin' E B A The judge said I'm not fit to live with men E B A They're buildin' me a gallows in the courtyard E B A To make sure I don't pass this way again [Verse 2] E B A My first taste of killin' was at Vicksburg E B A I must have shot me a hundred men E B A I learned to make my livin' with a six-gun E B A I'm an outlaw now, but I was a hero then [Chorus] E B A Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry E B A That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for E B A I wish now I had never touched the handle E B A Of a hair-trigger Colt .44 E B A (x2) [Verse 3] E B A I was a hunted desperado E B A A wanted man with a price on my head E B A I thought that I could steal a taste of freedom E B A I got me a hangman's noose instead [Chorus] E B A Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry E B A That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for E B A I wish now I had never touched the handle E B A Of a hair-trigger Colt .44 [Bridge] E B A Undertaker write on my tombstone E B A "A killer finally killed" and nothin' more E B A But I wouldn't be here if it hadn't been for Providence E B A And that hair-trigger Colt .44 [Chorus] E B A Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry E B A That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for E B A I wish now I had never touched the handle E B A Of a hair-trigger Colt .44 [Chorus] E B A Lord, if I had only known the mis'ry E B A That glory's somethin' not worth killin' for E B A I wish now I had never touched the handle E B A Of a hair-trigger Colt .44