Jack The Toad

E7 Jerimiah said his peace and fell back in the road He was shot by Coulee Reese Who they nick-named Jack The Toad E7 Just across his shoulder just a little to the right He heard the click of a 45 hammer C#m So he throws himself down and he hits the ground Rolls right over and spins 'round C#m And with one good shot, just one good shot He brings that villain right down E7 In true "Hour Western" manner C B E C B E7 Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news C B E7 I knew Coulee, Coulee never lost his cool E7 A legend grew and Jack The Toad knew To back up all the talk One day soon, preferably noon E7 He's going to have to take the long walk A poker game and a fast stake Of these Jack was the master C#m But a man called Pete At the end of a dusty dusty street C#m He's just about six feet Now he just might, you know he just might E7 He might be a lttle faster C B E7 C B E7 Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news C B E7 I knew Coulee, Coulee never lost his cool G#m I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed E7 It's Jack The Toad D E7 8x E7 x 8 G#m G#m G#m I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed E7 It's Jack The Toad E7 Well it had to happen on a summers' day When Jack was feeling good But a friend of a friend, promised a friend of a friend E7 Promised a friend of a friend he would But many brave men have said the same thing Again and again and again C#m Now Jack, when he went out to face Pete For the final showdown He was just a little bit high C#m He'd been drinking and smoking And he thought he was so fast E7 He made the last move And that was the last move he made C B E7 C B E7 Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news C B E7 I knew Coulee, Coulee never lost his cool E7 Well now he's gone but his memory lives on In the mind of every comic strip reader E7 Some say weren't Jack, some say was camphor Some say he was just a bleeder One fact, one fact remain, always be the same C#m Now on your way through life Sometimes you just got to be a little bad I knew Jack and, my goodness, he was bad C#m He was bad, bad news You just got to be a little bad because, if you ain't The great gun fighter in the sky C#m Ain't got no one to save And if you're just a little bad Just a little bad E7 Nobody forgets your name C B E7 C B E7 Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news C B E7 Bad, oh my goodness, Jack was bad news