Dont Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash [Intro] [C] [C] Verse 1: A [C] young cowboy named Billy Joe grew [G] restless on the [C] farm , a boy filled with wanderlust, who [G] really meant no [C] harm. He [F] changed his clothes and shined his boots and combed his dark hair down. And his [C] mother cried as he walked out, |[Chorus] |"Don't [F] take your guns to [C] town, son. |[F] Leave your guns at [C] home, Bill. |Don't [F] take your guns to [C] town." Verse 2: He [C] laughed and kissed his mom and said, "your [G] Billy Joe's a [C] man. I can shoot as quick and straight as [G] anybody can [C] But I [F] wouldn't shoot without a cause, I'd gun nobody down." But she [C] cried again as he rode away, [Chorus] Verse 3: He [C] sang a song as on he rode [G], his guns hung at [C] his hips. He rode into a cattle town, a [G] smile upon his [C] lips. He [F] stopped and walked into a bar and laid his money down. But his [C] mother's words echoed again |[Chorus] |"Don't [F] take your guns to [C] town, son. |[F] Leave your guns at [C] home, Bill. |Don't [F] take your guns to [C] town." Verse 4: He [C] drank his first strong liquor then [G] to calm his shaking [C] hand, and tried to tell himself at last he [G] had become [C] a man. A [F] dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down. And he [C] heard again his mother's words [Chorus] Verse 5: [C] Filled with rage the Billy Joe reached [G] for his gun to [C] Draw but the stranger drew his gun and fired [G] before he even [C] saw. As [F] Billy Joe fell to the floor the crowd all gathered 'round and [C] wondered at his final words |[Chorus] |"Don't [F] take your guns to [C] town, son. |[F] Leave your guns at home, Bill [C]. |Don't [F] take your guns to [C] town."