It's a hanging day, in Wolfcity (?), Wyoming,
C F Cin Wolfcity, Wyoming, in 1894
GThere's gonna drop Cat Balou
(silence) C
Right through the gallows floor
Well she killed a man in Wolfcity, Wyoming,
CIn Wolfcity, Wyoming
F CShe killed a man, it's true
And that is why they're hanging
(silence) C
They're hanging Cat Balou
C
She has the smile of an angel
AmShe fights like the devil
The eyes of an angel
F GShe fights like the devil
CThe face of an angel
I say she's the devil
G CShe's mean and evil through and through
G C
Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou
G CShe's mean and evil through and through
Am
Then there came to town
A gun deadly and frightening
C CA gun quicker than lightning
F CThe fastest gun you've seen
G (silence)
It was the gun in the hand of
CSteely Kitchelean (???)
Am
Just one look at him
C CAnd folks starting to shake
Wild, wild as a snake
F CProud and fierce and mean
G (silence)
There was no man who was tougher
As tough as Kitchelean
He had the eyes of a killer
AmAs cold as the devil
F GThe look of a killer
The look of the devil
CThe face of a killer
AmThat man was the devil
Just wild and ornery and mean
Kitchelean, Kitchelean
G CThe fastest gun you've ever seen
(repeat the same chords as before)
Then she road away
Just to where now was a mystery
But Cat roamed into history
Lent (?) her legend rule
She was the queen of the outlaws
Her highness Cat Balou
Cat Balou, Cat Balou
And now the story is all through
Cat Balou, Cat Balou
Say farewell to Cat Balou
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