Intro: (solo fiddle implies ) / / / / / / / / Verse 1: When Liberty Valance rode to town The womenfolk would hide, they'd hide When Liberty Valance walked around The men would step aside Chorus 1: 'Cause the point of a gun was the only law That Liberty understood When it came to shooting straight and fast , to bridge) He was mighty good Verse 2: From out of the East a stranger came A law book in his hand, a man The kind of a man the West would need To tame a troubled land repeat chorus 1 Bridge 1: Many a man would face his gun And many a man would fall The man who shot Liberty Valance He shot Liberty Valance ) He was the bravest of them all / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / Verse 3: The love of a girl can make a man stay on When he should go, stay on Just trying to build a peaceful life Where love is free to grow Chorus 3: But the point of a gun was the only law That Liberty understood When the final showdown came to pass A law book was no good key change to Verse 4: Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd Return that fateful night, oh that night When nothing she said could keep her man From going out to fight Chorus 4: From the moment a girl gets to be full grown The very first thing she learns When two men go out to face each other Only one returns Bridge 2: Everyone heard two shots ring out The shot made Liberty fall The man who shot Liberty Valance He shot Liberty Valance ) He was the bravest of them all / / / / / / / / Coda: The man who shot Liberty Valance He shot Liberty Valance He was the bravest of them all (solo fiddle and drums to fade)