G        D7      G         Em7
Two partners went in search of gold
     G      D7       G  Em
As friendly as could be
G        D7       G       Em7
One was young and one was old
        G         D7       G  Em
And the gay young fool was me
       D7                 G
Since neither one could write his name
   Am              D7
We swore upon our souls
     G         D7        Em7        C
To share the wealth and then shook hands
     C         D7       G
The hands that dug for gold. (oh, partners)

[Verse 2]
    G       D7        G      Em7
The summer days were gone at last
      G      D7         G    Em
And winter nights grew cold
 G            D7        G       Em7
The snow had trapped us in the pass
          G       D7       G    Em
When we finally found the gold
    D7              G
We took our fortune to the shack
   Am                D7
To wait the winter through
    G            D7        Em7        C
But the food ran low so I killed my friend
      C        D7      G
What else was there to do? (oh, partners)

[Verse 3]
G           D7    G       Em7
I threw his body just outside
G        D7      G    Em
Into the bitter cold
G         D7      G    Em7
Somehow I had to stay alive
G         D7       G    Em
I now had all the gold
           D7              G
But the howling wind just seemed to say
    Am            D7
You have killed a man
     G            D7      Em7       C
And you'll never get to spend the gold
      C     D7        G
With blood upon your hands. (oh, partners)

[Verse 4]
G           D7       G       Em7
The cabin's covered now with snow
      G         D7       G     Em
And shelves of food are bare
 G       D7      G     Em7
Satan's waitin' for me now
 G           D7      G    Em
And I'm too cold to care
   D7             G
Is that the devil at the door
       Am      D7
Coming for my soul
G         D7      Em7  C
Or is it just the old man
   C      D7       G
A looking for his gold? (oh, partners)...