Biography:
Murder Ballads & Other Love Songs is the debut album by The Heavy Horses, the pseudonym under which Canadian musician Justin Mahoney writes and records songs about outlaws, angels, and murder.
Steeped in tradition, and raised on a healthy diet of "the old country", The Heavy Horses are naturally drawn to writing in the same style of music, and make no excuses for it. Although they have never raised a pistol to a man, fled to Mexico, murdered out of love
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Tabbed by Cornered Mind (https://www.facebook.com/Cornered.Mind.Music/)
According to this live performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEafQl3vRQs
Capo on the 4th fret
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
Am G Am
Ride to town, shoot em up and keep on going
Am G Am
Cause I got a job to do and I don't stop for no one
C G Am
So get your gun, kiss your wife, and lock up your daughter
G Am
Then tell her you‘re off to meet with the pale rider
[Interlude]
Am G Am
[Verse 2]
Am G Am
Many men have quickly found I'm unforgiving
Am G Am
They say dying ain't no way to make a living
C G Am
So get your gun and bet your life, if you're a gambler
G Am
You draw a dead man's hand against the pale rider
[Chorus 1]
G Am
And I walked down into Mexico
G Am
What I came for I think you know
G Am
I take another life, it's all the same
F G Em Am
It's one more killing to the man that has no name
[Interlude]
G G Am x3
C G Am
[Verse 3]
Am G Am
So ride to town, shoot em up without warning
Am G Am
Cause I got a job to do and I'll be gone come morning
C G Am
So get your gun, and kiss your wife and lock up your daughter
G Am
Tell her you're off to meet the pale rider
G Am
Don't let her fall in love with the pale rider
[Chorus 2]
G Am
And I walked down into Mexico
G Am
What I came for I think you know
G Am
I take another life, it's all the same
F G Em Am
It's one more killing to the man that has no name
F G Em Am
It's one more bullet to the man that has no name
[Outro]
F G Em Am
According to this live performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEafQl3vRQs
Capo on the 4th fret
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
Am G Am
Ride to town, shoot em up and keep on going
Am G Am
Cause I got a job to do and I don't stop for no one
C G Am
So get your gun, kiss your wife, and lock up your daughter
G Am
Then tell her you‘re off to meet with the pale rider
[Interlude]
Am G Am
[Verse 2]
Am G Am
Many men have quickly found I'm unforgiving
Am G Am
They say dying ain't no way to make a living
C G Am
So get your gun and bet your life, if you're a gambler
G Am
You draw a dead man's hand against the pale rider
[Chorus 1]
G Am
And I walked down into Mexico
G Am
What I came for I think you know
G Am
I take another life, it's all the same
F G Em Am
It's one more killing to the man that has no name
[Interlude]
G G Am x3
C G Am
[Verse 3]
Am G Am
So ride to town, shoot em up without warning
Am G Am
Cause I got a job to do and I'll be gone come morning
C G Am
So get your gun, and kiss your wife and lock up your daughter
G Am
Tell her you're off to meet the pale rider
G Am
Don't let her fall in love with the pale rider
[Chorus 2]
G Am
And I walked down into Mexico
G Am
What I came for I think you know
G Am
I take another life, it's all the same
F G Em Am
It's one more killing to the man that has no name
F G Em Am
It's one more bullet to the man that has no name
[Outro]
F G Em Am
The Henningsens
The Hep Stars
The Heptones
The Herd
The Hereafter