E         F#m         G#m
Boots and Stetson and six guns
        F#m         E    F#m G#m F#m
And the lilies grow high
     E           F#m        G#m         F#m
They grow for a man with a gunslingin' hand
       E        F#m      G#m F#m E
Who before his time must die.


[1/2 verse]
     C           Am           E
They grow in the trail he has traveled
  C          Am             E
A trail well spattered with lead
     C            Am            E
They weep for the graves of the many
    C                 Am      E
Men they weep for the men now dead.


[Verse]
E         F#m         G#m
He rides along lonely, no friends
        F#m         E    F#m G#m F#m
But only the lilies growin' high
     E           F#m        G#m         F#m
All men seem to fear him, not one will go near him
       E        F#m      G#m F#m E
And he knows the reason why.
     C           Am           E
His name and fame spread before him
  C          Am             E
Like a carpet of death and he knows
     C            Am            E
One day he'll be slow on the draw
             C        Am      E
And then for him a lily will grow.


[Verse]
E         F#m         G#m
A woman may love him though she knows
        F#m         E    F#m G#m F#m
Soon above him the lilies growin' high
     E           F#m        G#m         F#m
Then like the lily she'll bow down her head
       E        F#m      G#m F#m E
Bow down her poor head and cry.
     C           Am           E
On some boothill they will lay him
  C          Am             E
And a headboard will sway in the wind
     C            Am            E
The lily will nod and gently weep
    C                 Am      E
For another gunman's end.


[Chorus]
E         F#m         G#m
Boots and Stetson and six guns
        F#m         E    F#m G#m F#m
And the lilies grow high
     E           F#m        G#m         F#m
Boots and Stetson and six guns
       E        F#m      G#m F#m E
And the lilies grow high...