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Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00
Am | Am | F | F
Am G | F | Am G | F
0:26
Am7 | Am7 | Am7 D7  - x2
Am7 | G | G | D7
Am7 | C | Am | Am
Dm | G | Am7 | Am7

Verse 1: 1:00
      Am7
Some people get a cheap laugh
  Am7
Breaking up the speed limit,
D7  Am7
  Scaring the pedestrians
       Am7
For a minute,
1:11
D7  Am7
  Crossing up progress,
                 G
Driving on the grass,
D7
  Leaving just enough
         Am7
Room to pass.
1:23
 C
Sunday driver
              Am
Never took a test.
    Dm
Oh yeah,
G                        Am7
Once upon a time in the west.

Verse 2: 1:34
           Am7
Yes, it's no use saying that
     Am7
You don't know nothing.
D7            Am7
  Yes, it's still gonna get you
        Am7
If you don't do something.
1:46
D7 Am7
  Sitting on a fence that's
             G
A dangerous course,
              D7
Oh, you could even catch a bullet
          Am7
From the peace-keeping force.
1:57
C
Even the hero gets
                  Am
A bullet in the chest.
    Dm
Oh yeah,
G                        Am7
Once upon a time in the west.

Instrumental: 2:09
Dm7 | Dm7 | F | F
Am G | F!!
2:21
Am7 | Am7 | Am7 D7  - x2
Am7 | G | G | D7
Am7 | C | Am | Am
Dm | G | Am7 | Am7
2:55
Dm7 | Dm7 | F | F
Am G | F | F

Verse 3: 3:06
 Am7
Mother Mary,
       Am7
Your children are slaughtered.
D7 Am7
  Some of you, mothers, ought
    Am7
To lock up your daughters.
3:18
D7  Am7
  Who's protecting
            G
The innocenti?
D7
  Heap big trouble
                 Am7
In the land of plenty.
3:29
C
  Tell me how were gonna
           Am
Do what's best.
     Dm
You guess,
G                        Am7
Once upon a time in the west.

Refrain: (x3) 3:40
    Dm
Oh yeah,
G                        Am7
Once upon a time in the west.

Coda: 4:00
Dm | G | Am7 | Am7  - x3
4:20
Dm
Once upon a time,
G                        Am7
Once upon a time in the west.
Dm G                        Am7
   Once upon a time in the west. - x3
4:39
Dm G                        Am7
   Once upon a time in the west.
(Once upon a time in the
 Dm   G                        Am7
west) Once upon a time in the west.
4:52
Dm G                        Am7
   Once upon a time in the west. - x5

Key

key
Am
original
key
Am
A#m G#m
transpose
capo
on
0 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

Chord Fingerings

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