How to Play The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on Guitar?

Gene Pitney - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance can be played in the key of G7 using the G7, C, F, Em, Am, Bm chords. For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with the ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Gene Pitney - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Chords

Chord reference G7, C, F, Em, Am, Bm, G7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑

[G7]When Liberty [C]Valance rode to [F]town The women [Em]folk would [Am]hide they’d [F]hide [G7] When Liberty [C]Valance walked a[F]round the men would [Em]step a[Am]side

Cause the [Em]point of a gun was the [Bm]only law That [Em]Liberty under[F]stoo[G7]d When it [C]came to shooting [Am]straight and fast [F]he was mighty [C]good [G7]

From out of the [C]East a stranger [F]came A law book [Em]in his [Am]hand a [F]man [G7] The kind of a [C]man the West would [F]need to tame a [Em]troubled [Am]land

Cause the [Em]point of a gun was the [Bm]only law That [Em]Liberty under[F]stoo[G7]d When it [C]came to shooting [Am]straight and fast [F]he was mighty [C]good

[Am]Many a [Em]man would [Am]face his gun And [Em]many a man would [F]fa[G7]ll The [C]man who shot [Am]Liberty Valance [C]He shot [Am]Liberty Valance [F]he was the bravest of them [C]all [G7]

The love of a [C]girl can make a [F]man stay on When [Em]he should [Am]go stay [F]on [G7] Just trying to [C]build a peaceful [F]life where love is [Em]free to [Am]grow

But the [Em]point of a gun was the [Bm]only law That [Em]Liberty under[F]sto[G7]od When the [C]final showdown [Am]came to pass [F]a law book was no [C]good

Alone and a[C]fraid she prayed that [F]he’d return That [Em]fateful [Am]night oh that [F]night [G7] When nothing she [C]said could keep her [F]man from going [Em]out to [Am]fight

From the [Em]moment a girl gets to [Bm]be full grown The [Em]very first thing she [F]lear[G7]ns When [C]two men go out to [Am]face each other [F]only one re[C]turns

[Am]Everyone [Em]heard two [Am]shots ring out One [Em]shot made Liberty [F]fa[G7]ll The [C]man who shot [Am]Liberty Valance [C]He shot [Am]Liberty Valance [F]he was the bravest of them [C]all [G7]

The [C]man who shot [Am]Liberty Valance [C]He shot [Am]Liberty Valance [F]he was the bravest of them [C]all [G7] [C]

Artist Gene Pitney

Album Only Love Can Break a Heart

Genres Pop

Year 1962

Key G7

Gene Pitney - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance can be played in the key of G7 using the G7, C, F, Em, Am, Bm chords.

For G7, To play G7, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute A, high E.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with the ↓-↓↑-↓-↓↑-↓↑↓↑ strumming pattern.