Intro: Strum Bartender, I know youre a reasonable man Looks like you got the run of this place Set me up a round so that I can see your hands And wipe the goddamned smile off of your face Im sure you must have heard of me, Im lightning with my Smith And my reputation burns all through the west So if you know what is good for you, shut up and get the whiskey And not that trade stuff, I want nothin but your best And pour em kinda strong cause I wont be here long You best not do me wrong, just pour em kinda strong I aint got time to savour em, I gotta drink em quick Ive conveyed my urgency, I hope If they catch me its all over, Ill be way on up the creek And Ill be swingin on the wrong end of a rope The posses been behind me now for six or seven days Only two hours back and chewin on my dust I got a powerful thirst I come in here to try to slake So serve it up or draw down if you must Repeat Chorus Instrumental Break: e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---10p7----7-----7----------------------------10p7-------7------10---7---| D|---------------------10p7-----7------10p7-------------------7------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------0-----0------------0-----0-------------------0-------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------3-------------------------| G|---10p7----7-----7-------------------6---------2-------------------------| D|---------------------10p7-----7----------------0-------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------0-----0------------0---------------------------------------------| Or something like that. Play with it. Well I wasn’t really watchin you, my eyes was on the door Imagine my surprise to hear the cock Of that .32 that left me here to bleed out on your floor Im too far gone to bother with the doc Well I wasnt really watchin you, my eyes was to the east You know, to dull the pain I could use one more You surely wont deny a man a dyin drink at least Im awful embarrassed at how I spoke to you before So pour em kinda strong cause I won’t be here long Mister, please dont do me wrong, just pour em kinda strong You surely wont deny a dyin man a drink at least Im awful embarrassed at how I spoke to you before Outro: Same as Instrumental break