SWEET REVENGE
As recorded by Shaboozey
(From the 2026 Album THE OUTLAW CHERIE LEE & OTHER WESTERN TALES)
Capo 5th fret
Intro
[Am] [D/F#] [F] [C] [D] [Am]
Verse 1
[Am]
Nineteen, left home
[D/F#] [F]
She's a renegade with one goal
[C] [D] [Am]
To find every man that did her wrong
[Am]
Uh, .45 to ya dome
[D/F#] [F]
You can't get away from this smoke
[C] [D] [Am]
Before you know it, you're dead and gone
Chorus
[C] [D]
Goes down smooth, burns like coal
[Am]
Tastes like whiskey for the soul
[G] [D]
Eats you up, won't let go
[Am]
Just like women on the road
[C] [D]
Heavensent, hell below
[Am]
Feels like love from years ago
[G] [D] [Am]
Oh, the bitter taste of sweet revenge
Verse 2
[Am] [G]
She know how to bring the devil out a pastor
[D/F#] [F]
Skin you alive, I think this girl is a trapper
[C] [D]
Just a bunch of low down dirty bastards
[Am]
Send 'em to the grave, ain't the money that she's after
[G]
Cherie gone and took the law into her own hands
[D/F#] [F]
Drop dead, she could kill 'em all with one glance
[C] [D]
Two revolvers, she gon' teach that boy a new dance
[Am]
Better not reach for your piece, you got no chance
[G]
When she's comin' for ya
Chorus
[C] [D]
Goes down smooth, burns like coal
[Am]
Tastes like whiskey for the soul
[G] [D]
Eats you up, won't let go
[Am]
Just like women on the road
[C] [D]
Heavensent, hell below
[Am]
Feels like love from long ago
[G] [D] [Am]
Oh, the bitter taste of sweet revenge
[G] [D] [Am]
Oh, the bitter taste of sweet revenge
[G] [D] [Am]
Oh, the bitter taste of sweet revenge
Interlude
[G] [D] [Am] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [D] [Am]
[G] [D] [Am]
It ain't over 'til she says it's over
[G] [D] [Am] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [D] [Am]
Outro
[Am]
Cold steel, no deal
[D]
Gotta find a place to lay low
[C] [D] [Am]
But it's hard to run from a raging bull
[Am]
Uh, time's up, no hope
[D]
Can't escape the flames of old ghosts
[C] [D] [Am]
Ain't no mercy where you're going
[G] [D] [Am]
Oh, the bitter taste of sweet revenge
