Gun Club: "Willie Brown" (from the "Birth The Death The Ghost" album)
[written by Mack Self]
(note: the guitar is tuned a little bit lower, approx. half a note)
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B
The streets are deserted, not a soul is in town
G#
B
down at the jail, a rope is hanging down
E B
for Willie Brown, for Willie Brown
play single notes E F# G before each chorus
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Hang down Willie Brown, hang down and die
G# B E B
hang down Willie Brown, why you're the one, they cry
E B
you're the one, they cry
hang down Willie Brown, hang down and die
hang down Willie Brown, why you're the one, they cry
you're the one, they cry
G# B
He rode into Denver
G# B
one warm summer night
G# B
a clean cut kid
E B
who never had a fight
E
B
who never had a fight
Hang down Willie Brown, hang down and die
hang down Willie Brown, why you're the one, they cry
you're the one, they cry
hang down Willie Brown, hang down and die
hang down Willie Brown, why you're the one, they cry
you're the one, they cry
He got into worry
at the Big Rail Saloon
he shot and killed a man
on the 26th of June
on
the 26th of June
Hang down Willie Brown, hang down and die
hang down Willie Brown, why you're the one, they cry
you're the one, they cry
hang down Willie Brown, hang down and die
hang down Willie Brown, why you're the one, they cry
you're the one, they cryG# B
Hang down Willie Brown
G# B
hang down Willie Brown
G# B
hang down Willie Brown
E B
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E B
why you're the one, they cry