Intro:
 D G 
I'd say I'm a lover not a fighter, I'd never stare nobody down
                                   A D 
Til one night my girl I could not find her, she never made it back from town
                                                                  G 
I found my Shannon cryin in the woods, a wicked man he held her down
                                    A .                              D 
I stuck him deep an I buried him good, not deep enough to fool the hounds

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 D .                                      G .          D 
We took shelter in a chapel neath the blood moon sky, 
                          A .        D 
I bought a gun an made Shannon my wife
                           G .          D 
We jumped in a box car to old mexico......
                                  A .            D 
Where I aint worth a penny on my bounty back home
                                A .            D 
No I ain't worth a penny on my bounty back home.
 
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 D .                                                            G 
That train stopped in Tijuana, we built a shack beneath the sun
                        A .                                     D 
I make my Shannon margaritas, we watch our childre laugh and run..run..run
                                                 G 
Sometimes I miss my daddy, sometimes I miss my mom
                                 A .                           D 
I think they'd be real proud of me, to know the man that Iv become

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Instrumental:

Bridge:
 D .           G .    D .                A .    D .                G .    D .      A .    G 
Train train roll on.. Train train roll on.. Train train roll on.. Roll..on..
 D .                  G .         D 
Shannon why'd you run with me? . . . . She said
 D .                                  G .          D 
What was I supposed to do boy just watch you leave
 D .                                 A .          D 
You'd a broken my heart, you'd a haunted my dreams
 D .                G .      D .                            A .    D 
Your love boy is all I need, your love boys all I'll ever need

Chorus:
............  Where we ain't worth a penny on our bounty back home
No we ain't worth a penny on our bounty back home.