Tom Russell – Hair Trigger Heart chords

[Intro]
B  E  B  E  B  E  B  E

[Verse]
BCowboys we are
E                       B    ECowboys we shall always be
BDon’t let it end like this, boys
E                           B    ETell ‘em I sense something?

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         B                           EThey say trouble rides a fast horse
            B                      EThey say forgiveness rides a mule
   BOh yeah, they say a lot of things
E                            B      EThat’s why I lived by my own rules

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           BYou know a man is seen in fragments
  E                                B      EA scar, a limp, tattoos and broken teeth
            BScratch the surface on most men out here
    E                               B      EAnd you’ll find two men hiding underneath

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      BBut I come not here to lecture you
   E                              B               EOf good and evil, black or white, right or wrong
     BI’ve come to sing my story
        E                                  B            EI'm the Black Jack, baby, of all those old gipsy songs

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        BA loose canon, they have called me
  E                            B     EA half-cocked cowboy, falling apart
        BWith my war-bag full of cheap tricks
E             B             F#Dead certain, mister, of my hair trigger heart

[Chorus]
         B       F#           E      BOh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
        F#           EI got a hair trigger heart

[Verse]
BI've known love from every angle
  E                                     B        EI never learned the art of the graceful getaway
          BYeah, the poetry eludes me, sir
        E                              B          EI don’t give a damn what all the minor poets say

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            B"I’m not an alcoholic, I’m a drunk, there’s a difference
E                            B      ESet 'em up, kid, and make it smart"
            BI come from horse traders and half breeds
      E       B           F#And a savage long line of hair trigger hearts, yeah

[Chorus]
         B       F#            E      BOh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
        F#           E      BI got a hair trigger heart
        F#            EI got a hair trigger heart

[Bridge]
G#m                         D#mAll the old gunfighters are leaving town
G#m            C#             F#Pistol packing mama, lay that pistol down
    EI’m still around
               BLord, I've got one more round
           F#And I sure hit the mark
             EWith my hair trigger heart, yeah

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
       B                             EAt the far end of eternity, you will find me
                       B                   EAt a pub they call The Sword 'n' Highwayman
            BI'll have a wax museum moustache
         E                            B              EMight be missing several fingers on my trigger hand

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             BI’ll have forgotten half the alphabet
   E                        B             EMy name, my age, my Chinese laundry mark
        BBetween instinct and oblivion, mister
E             B               F#I will always hang on to this hair trigger heart

[Chorus]
         B       F#           E      BOh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
        F#           E      BI got a hair trigger heart
        F#           E      BI got a hair trigger heart
        F#           EI got a hair trigger heart

[Outro]
BCowboys we are
E                       B   E  B  E  B  E  B  E  BCowboys we shall always be