[Verso 1]

 A 
But he could not forgive her 
                                  E 
Though he tried and tried and tried 
                      B7 
And the halls of his mem'ry 
                  E   E7 
Still echoed her lies 


[Verso 2]

                    A  D A 
And he cried like a baby 
       D               A 
And he screamed like a panther 
                      E 
In the middle of the night 
                     B7 
And he saddled his pony 
                   E E7 
And he went for a ride 


[Verso 3]

                       A  D A 
It was a time of the preacher 
                 E 
In the year of O-one 
                 B7 
Now the lesson is over 
                  E 
And the killin's begun 

The End