Shotgun Song - Gillian Welch

Well I wish I had a shotgun

I’d tie it to my side

Never me without the power

To make a man do right

Steady on my shoulders

Standing in the wind

Well I’ve been down before

But I won’t be down again

And if I had a pony

How fast I would ride

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With the shotgun at my side

An outlaw to my foes

A hero to my friends

I’ve been down before

But I won’t be down again

Well the days would be so easy

The nights would be so slow

I’d turn my pony south, boys

And ride to Mexico

My pockets full of silver

To gamble or to lay

Cause I’ve been down before

But I won’t be down again

But I ain’t got no silver

No pony, no gun

All I got’s this hammer

Like old John Henry swung

Been ten years on this chain gang

One more day, and then

I’ve been down before

But I won’t be down again

Now standing on this rock pile

Of four and twenty men

Well I’ve been down before

But I won’t be down again

I’ve been down before

But I won’t be down again