By Rush Olson, Kevin Rothstein, Dean Pauley

(Guitar riff) (x4)

Verse :

D) Last I heard you’s in Springfield, Missouri

Lookin’ for the man that done shot your pa

Well, I can tell you right now you ain’t gonna find him

He’s lyin’ here dead on my sittin’ room floor

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D) You lit out pretty quick after the funeral

Loaded up the Dodge and your 44

You knew who to look for but not where to find him

Never made it cross the river, he was lookin’ for more

Chorus :

A) All it took was one shot from my rifle

D) Now he’s dead where he fell right there

A) He don’t know it but he ought to be happy

That he (D - stop time) didn’t get found by the (C - stop time) girl with the long red (A) hair

(Guitar riff) (x2)

(Instrumental over verse chord progression)

(Guitar riff) (x2)

Verse :

D) Your Daddy the sheriff sent John Lee to prison

99 to life for what he did to you

5 years to the day shot his way out of Huntsville

5 years bustin’ granite and his hate just grew

Chorus :

A) All it took was one shot from my rifle

D) Now he’s dead where he fell right there

A) He don’t know it but he ought to be happy

That he (D - stop time) didn’t get found by the (C - stop time) girl with the long red (A) hair

Verse :

D) After he capped your pappy he went around searchin’

For the other one he blamed, but little did he know

You had a sting in your heart and another in your pistol

He wouldn’t have died easy but he might have died slow

Chorus :

A) All it took was one shot from my rifle

D) Now he’s dead where he fell right there

A) He don’t know it but he ought to be happy

That he (D - stop time) didn’t get found by the (C - stop time) girl with the long red (A) hair

(Guitar riff) (x4)