| Am | G | C | C/B | Dm | E |
e|----------3----------------------1------------| B|----1-----0------1-------1-------3--------0---| G|----2-----0------0-------0-------2--------1---| D|----2-----0------2-------2-------0--------2---| A|----0-----2------3-------2----------------2---| E|----------3-----------------------------------|
| (Verse 1) |
| G | Am | C | C/B | Am | |
| We were r | idin' | thr | ough the fla | tlands |
| G | Am | C | |
| We were s | earchin' for two prisoners |
| C/B | Am | G | |
| Who j | ust broke j | ail |
| Am | |
| Tall one and a lean one |
| C | C/B | Am | |
| R | ode a ch | estnut s | tallion |
| G | Am | |
| And the w | ord was from the main man |
| G | Am | |
| H | e was mean as h | ell |
| (Chorus) |
| Dm | |
| An outlaw is a man who never understands |
| Am | |
| A word called d | anger |
| Dm | |
| He l | earns to shoot and ride as a child |
| Am | |
| And never trust a str | anger |
| (Verse 2) |
| C | E | Am | |
| And he's | always c | alled a better m | an |
| G | |
| We chased him to the border |
| C | C/B | Am | |
| All the w | ay | to El P | aso |
| Am | |
| The r | ide was long the ride was hard |
| C | C/B | Am | |
| But the sh | eriff | said "we can't l | et him go" |
| G | Am | |
| He said "l | et me tell you somethin'" |
| C | C/B | Am | |
| "I been tr | ackin' f | or a l | ong time" |
| Am | |
| They n | ever trust a stranger |
| G | Am | |
| And they t | ake care of their | own |
| (Chorus) |
| Dm | |
| An | outlaw is a man who never understands |
| Am | |
| A word called d | anger |
| Dm | |
| He l | earns to shoot and ride as a child |
| Am | |
| And never trust a str | anger |
| (Verse 3) |
| C | E | Am | |
| And he's | always c | alled a better m | an |
| G | Am | |
| Tod | ay's man is an outlaw |
| C | C/B | Am | |
| On that l | ong | road to fr | eedom |
| G | |
| Y | ou work him hard you take his pride |
| C | C/B | Am | |
| And th | en you | try to c | heat him |
| Am | C | C/B | Am | |
| T | hen one day you figure out it's a l | ong, | long s | tory |
| G | Am | G | Am | |
| An | outlaw is a man that t | akes care of his | own |
| (Chorus) |
| Dm | |
| An | outlaw is a man who never understands |
| Am | |
| A word called d | anger |
| Dm | |
| He l | earns to shoot and ride as a child |
| Am | |
| And never trust a str | anger |
| C | E | Am | |
| And he's | always c | alled a better m | an |
| C | C/B | Am | C | C/B | Am | |
| N | ever t | rust a str | anger |
| C | C/B | Am | C | C/B | Am | |
| N | ever t | rust a str | anger |
| C | C/B | Am | |
| N | ever t | rust a str | anger |