E F#m G#m
Boots and Stetson and six guns
F#m E F#m G#m F#m
And the lilies grow high
E F#m G#m F#m
They grow for a man with a gunslingin' hand
E F#m G#m F#m E
Who before his time must die.
[1/2 verse]
C Am E
They grow in the trail he has traveled
C Am E
A trail well spattered with lead
C Am E
They weep for the graves of the many
C Am E
Men they weep for the men now dead.
[Verse]
E F#m G#m
He rides along lonely, no friends
F#m E F#m G#m F#m
But only the lilies growin' high
E F#m G#m F#m
All men seem to fear him, not one will go near him
E F#m G#m F#m E
And he knows the reason why.
C Am E
His name and fame spread before him
C Am E
Like a carpet of death and he knows
C Am E
One day he'll be slow on the draw
C Am E
And then for him a lily will grow.
[Verse]
E F#m G#m
A woman may love him though she knows
F#m E F#m G#m F#m
Soon above him the lilies growin' high
E F#m G#m F#m
Then like the lily she'll bow down her head
E F#m G#m F#m E
Bow down her poor head and cry.
C Am E
On some boothill they will lay him
C Am E
And a headboard will sway in the wind
C Am E
The lily will nod and gently weep
C Am E
For another gunman's end.
[Chorus]
E F#m G#m
Boots and Stetson and six guns
F#m E F#m G#m F#m
And the lilies grow high
E F#m G#m F#m
Boots and Stetson and six guns
E F#m G#m F#m E
And the lilies grow high...
