He Shouldn't-a, Hadn't-a, Oughtn't-a Swang on Me
Henry Mancini
Intro
[A] [B] [D] [B]
He sleeps out there, out where the coyotes wail,
[D] [A] [E] [B]
The reason he ain't at the bar with the boys,
[B] [E] [B] [D] [A] [C#]
Makes quite a dismal tale ...
Chorus 1
[A] [C] [D] [E] [A]
He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me,
[A] [C] [D] [E] [B]
He oughtn't-a, shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, no siree.
[C] [D]
You don't get many callers,
[E] [B]
Sleeping on the lone prairie.
[A] [C] [D] [E] [A]
But he shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me.
Verse 1
[A]
Way out West we're wild and wooly,
[A]
In order to explain it fully:
[C] [D] [C] [D]
We're tall grown, all grown,
[A]
All the men are hairy-chested,
[A]
And all the women, double-breasted.
[A]
We're lady-like until molested,
[B] [D] [E]
And then we're on our own!
Chorus 2
[A] [C] [D] [E] [A]
He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me,
[A] [C] [D] [E] [B]
He oughtn't-a shouldn't-a hadn't-a felt so free.
[C] [D]
His wife gets the insurance,
[E] [B]
And I'm sorry as can be,
[A] [C] [D] [E] [A]
But he shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me.
Verse 2
[A]
This here job is mighty tryin',
[A]
Sometimes the room is fairly flyin' with
[C] [D] [C] [D]
High-balls, eye-balls.
[A]
One got killed, somebody got 'im,
[A]
Tore up the joint from top to bottom.
[A]
I think I was that one that shot him,
[B] [D] [E]
As near as I recall.
Chorus 3
[A] [C] [D] [E] [A]
He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me,
[B] [A] [B] [E] [B]
He massacred eight or nine men at the Lazy "B".
[A] [C] [D] [A]
He then took on the sheriff, and the sheriff's deputy,
[A] [C] [D] [E] [B]
But he shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me.
Verse 3
[A]
All you boys remember Harry,
[A]
The wrangler I was set to marry,
[C] [D] [C] [D]
A long man, strong man.
[A]
One night he yells, "I'm from Texas!"
[A]
And socks me in my solar plexus.
[A]
Well having normal, good reflexes,
[B] [D] [E]
I knocked him on his can!
Chorus 4
[B] [D] [E] [F#] [B]
He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a blacked my eye,
[E] [B] [D] [F] [C]
I'm really a lovable, peaceable kind of guy.
[C] [D] [E] [B]
I wouldn't scare a rabbit, and I couldn't harm a flea,
[B] [D] [E] [F#] [B]
But he shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me.
Music 1
Verse 4
[A]
If this story has a moral,
[A]
It's: When you're looking for a quarrel or
[C] [D] [C] [D]
Show Down. "Slow down."
[A]
If by now, you haven't mastered,
[A]
The gentle art of getting plastered,
[A]
You're just a Low-Down, you ain't mastered,
[B] [D] [E]
The motto of our town!
Chorus 5 ending
[B] [D] [E] [F#] [B]
You shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a start no fight,
[D] [F] [C]
Our burying ground is a most impressive sight.
[C] [D] [E] [B]
The message on them tombstones is as simple as can be,
[D] [E] [B] [E] [C#] [F#]
He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me,
[E] [F#] [C#] [F#] [D] [A]
He shouldn't-a, hadn't-a, oughtn't-a swang on me!
Notes! All chords are barre chords.
Barre chords- Intro thru Verse 3 between frets 3-7 except: Chorus 1 3rd C, Chorus 2 3rd
C, Chorus 3 2nd C at 8th fret.
Chorus 4 between frets 5-9. Verse 4, frets 3-7. Chorus 5 between frets 5-9 except 5th D
at 10th fret, and 1st A at 12 th fret.
Strumming- Alot of quick, rapid, snapping strumming.
Performed by Lily O'Lay :The Queen of the West (Boracho's Own)
Movie: The Great Race
