| E | A | G#m | C#m | A | B | |
| When Liberty Va | lance rode to t | own, the women | folk would | hide, they'd h | ide |
| E | A | G#m | C#m | |
| When Liberty Va | lance walked ar | ound, the men would | step a | side |
| G#m | D#m | G#m | A | B | |
| Because the | point of a gun was the | only law that | Liberty unders | tood |
| E | G#m | C#m | A | E | |
| When it c | ame to sh | ooting s | traight and fast, | he was mighty g | ood |
| From out of the east a stranger came, a law book in his hand, a man |
| The kind of a man the west would need to tame a troubled land |
| 'Cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood |
| C#m | |
| When it came to shooting straight and fast, he was mighty | good. |
| C#m | G#m | C#m | G#m | A | B | |
| Many a | man would f | ace his gun, and | many a man would f | all. |
| E | G#m | C#m | E | G#m | C#m | |
| The m | an who | shot | Liberty Valance, h | e s | hot | Liberty Valance, |
| A | C#m | A | E | |
| He was the bravest of them | all. |
| The love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go, stay on |
| Just trying to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow |
| But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood |
| E | C7 | |
| When the final showdown came to pass, a law book was no g | ood |
| F | Bb | Am | Dm | |
| Alone and afr | aid she prayed that | he'd return that | fateful | night, |
| Bb | C | |
| ahh that ni | ght |
| F | Bb | Am | Dm | |
| When nothing she s | aid could keep her | man from going | out to f | ight |
| Am | Em | Am | Bb | C | |
| From the | moment a girl gets to | be full grown, the v | ery first thing she | learns |
| F | Am | Dm | Bb | Dm | |
| When t | wo men | go out to f | ace each other, | only one r | eturns |
| Dm | Am | Dm | Am | Bb | |
| Everyone | heard two s | hots ring out, the s | hot made Liberty f | all |
| F | Am | Dm | F | Am | Dm | |
| The m | an who s | hot | Liberty Valance, | he s | hot L | iberty Valance, |
| Bb | Dm | C | |
| he was the bravest of them | all. |
| F | Am | Dm | F | Am | Dm | |
| The m | an who s | hot | Liberty Valance, | he s | hot L | iberty Valance, |
| Bb | Dm | |
| he was the bravest of them | all. |
| -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers |