| A      | A      |


[Verse 1]
       A
He was Tougher Than Leather
       A
And he didn't care whether
    D                D
The sun shined or not
       E
When a young kid from Cow Town
E
 Wanted a showdown
           E                         A
And he was careless or just maybe forgot


[Verse 2]
       A
But he died in the gunfight
A
Blinded by sunlight
      A7                             D
Never draw when you're facing the sun
        E
And old Tougher Than Leather
     E                            A
Just carved one more notch on his gun


[Verse 3]
A                      E
 And when he turned to go
  E7                     E7
A beautiful maiden knelt down
                          A
Where her dead sweetheart lay
A                            B
 And on his breast, placed a rose
          B7                       E    E
While the townspeople stared in dismay


[Verse 4]
        A
And old Tougher Than Leather
A
Should have known better
       A                         E
But he picked up the rose in his hand
        E
And the townspeople froze
         E
When his hands crushed the rose
        E                       A    F#
And the rose petals fell in the sand


[Verse 5]
        B
And old Tougher Than Leather
      B
Was a full-time go-getter
    B                            F#
The grass never grew beneath his feet
         F#
From one town to another
         F#
He would ride like the wind
        F#                          B
But his mind kept going back to the street


[Verse 6]
        B
Where a young cowboy died
      B
And a young maiden cried
    B                       F#
And rose petals fell in the sand
        F#
And his heart had been softened
       F#
By the beautiful maid
       F#                    B    B
And he knew he must see her again


[Verse 7]
             B
Well he went back to the town
         B
Where it all had come down
       B                              F#
And he searched but his search was in vain
       F#
He had wanted to find her
    F#
And say he was sorry
    F#          F7            B
For causing her heart so much pain


[Verse 8]
    B
But one night he died
       B
From a poison inside
        B                      F#
Brought on by the wrong he had done
        F#
And old Tougher Than Leather
    F#                           B    G#
Had carved his last notch on his gun


[Verse 9]
            C#
Well he was buried in Cow Town
C#
Along about sundown
        C#                           G#
Looking good in his new store-bought clothes
         G#
When the young maiden came over
    G#7
And knelt down beside him
    G#7                   C#
And on his lapel placed a rose


[Verse 10]
C#7                    F#
 There's a bird in the sky
F#                   C#
 Flying high, flying high
C#                 G#
 To a place from a place
G#7                        C#    C#7
 Changing skies, changing skies


[Outro]
| F#     | F#     | C#     | C#     |
| G#7    | G#7    | C#     | C#7    |
| F#     | F#     | C#     | C#     |
| G#     | G#7    | C#     | C#     |