Dm

Gm

this is

how it

starts

two

lovers

in the

dark

on the

A

run

from the

one

that they

call

sheriff

Sparks

six

Dm

Gm

guns

by the

side

and

bullets

round their waist

two

A

shots

to the

sky

signal

sound

for the

chase

the

Dm

Gm

safe was

nearly

empty

and

they were

nearly

free

but was

A

seen

by the

good of

the

mean

Billy

Greene

and he

Dm

Gm

screamed

at the

top of

his lungs

they're

on the

run

it's the

N.C.

two

wild

siders

grab your

holsters

and your

guns

Dm

Gm

story

of the

two

always

on the

move

They've got no - thing

A

left to

lose

'cept their

guns

and their

wounds

Dm

Gm

Now they're crossing

borders

sheriff's

posse

on their

tail

they'd

A

N.C.

rather

die to -

ge - ther

than be

stuck up

in a

cell

They

Dm

Gm

drank up

all the

whiskey

and they

partied

every

night

like

A

it could

be the

last the

bounty

said to

shoot on

site

So they

Dm

Gm

chased the endless

summer

though it

came

with a

price

they

A

wouldn't

stop

running

til they

found a

para-

dise

but the

Dm

Gm

sheriff

finally

found em

with his

eyes

seeing

red

so the

A

lovers

had to

shoot him

down and

fill him

full of

lead

Dm

Gm

they were

finally

free to

find a

place to

lay their

heads

and

A

when they

finally

did he

looked at

her and

then he

said