Requesting Words/Chords to "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
delanghe
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". I sort of remember the tune but can't
find any copies of it. Would appreciate words/chords if anyone knows
them.
Thanx
Monty Matney
James Taylor covered the song about 10 years on his "That's Why I'm
Here" cd, it has the words with it. I can't help you much with the chords
but JT makes them sound pretty great. Maybe you could follow him.
--Monty
Marc S. Glasser
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (from a movie of the same title) was
recorded by Gene Pitney in the early 1960's. I've found it several
times on cut-out discs and tapes; most recently on a Gene Pitney
Greatest Hits tape selling for 88 cents at the Odd Job Trading Company
discount house here in New York City. No composing credits,
unfortunately.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
When Liberty Valance rode to town, the women-folk would hide,
They'd hide.
When Liberty Valance walked around, the men would step aside.
'Cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood;
When it came to shootin' straight and fast, he was mighty good.
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;
When it came to shootin' straight and fast, he was mighty good.
Many a man would face his gun, and many a man would fall.
The man who shot Liberty Valance--
He shot Liberty Valance--
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;
When the final showdown came at last, a law-book was no good.
Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd return that fateful night,
Ah, that night,
When nothing she said could keep her man from going out to fight.
From the moment a girl gets to be full-grown,
The very first thing she learns:
When two men go out to face each other, only one returns.
Everyone heard two shots ring out.
One shot made Liberty fall.
The man who shot Liberty Valance--
He shot Liberty Valance--
He was the bravest of them all.
The man who shot Liberty Valance--
He shot Liberty Valance--
He was the bravest of them all.
I haven't tried the chords, but they ought to be fairly simple. E-mail
me if you have any trouble, and I'll give it a try.
Keep on singing,
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Marc S. Glasser
ca...@nycmetro.com
lin...@community.net
The only song I'm familiar with is by Gene Pitney. I don't have the
chords but I do have the words. Bren
When Liberty Valance rode to town, the women folk would hide
They'd hide
When Liberty Valance walked around, the men would step aside
'Cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When it came to shootin' straight and fast, he was mighty good
From out of the East a stranger came a lawbook 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
When it came to shootin' straight and fast, he was mighty good
Many a man would face his gun and many a man would fall
The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all
The love of a girl can make a man stay home when he should go
Stay home
Just tryin' to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow
But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When the final showdown came to pass
A law book was no good
Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night
Ah that night
When nothin' she said could keep her man from goin' out to fight
From the moment a girl gets to be full grown, the very first thing she
learns
When two men go out to face each other, only one returns
Everyone heard two shots ring out, one shot made Liberty fall
The man who shot Liberty Valance
He shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all (Repeat)
Ronald E. Hontz
Allow me to interject a point of interest. Pitney recently explained
that the song was written by Burt Bahharach and Hal David and that, upon
the heels of his success with Town Without Pity, Gene got paid "a
bundle" to record it. Still, because of some snafu between the music
publisher and the movie execs, it did not make it into the soundtrack of
the flick!!!