Wild Bill Hickok Chords & Lyrics - Colter Wall

[VERSE 1]
Wild [C]Bill was born in Illinois on [F]dry and fertile [C]land
[F]Pioneer of pistoleers and a [D7]dead shot with each [G]hand
[F]Claimed he was the [C]quickest, there's [F]few who'd ill-a[G]gree
Fewer [C]yet to saw this plainsman draw, still [F]breathe like you and [C]me

[VERSE 2]
He [C]led a stagecoach freight team in his [F]early days of [C]life
One [F]evenin' on the Western Trail, Bill [D7]took the air of [G]night
And [F]who should come upon [C]him, but a [F]bear whom he'd [G]awoke
Wild [C]Bill produced his bowie knife and [F]fashioned a new [C]coat

[VERSE 3]
[C]Kansas prairies he knew well and [F]wild Missouri [C]too
Come [F]1861, Bill d[D7]onned the Union [G]blue
[F]Not unlike his [C]daddy, he'd [F]see no man in [G]bonds
Every [C]man in Jimmy Lane's brigade, of [F]Hickok they were [C]fond

[VERSE 4]
While a [C]marshal in Abilene many [F]Texans came to [C]call
Phil [F]Coe told John Wes Hardin, "Wild [D7]Bill has got to [G]fall
"He's a [F]cruel and brutish [C]yankee, and if [F]you don't then I [G]will"
Wild [C]Bill put down Phil Coe, Wes [F]Hardin's livin' [C]still

[VERSE 5]
He [C]met his fate in Deadwood in[F]side Tom Nuttall's [C]place
Am[F]idst a game of poker, holdin' Aces and two [G]Eights
When [F]up stepped from be[C]hind him the [F]Coward, Jack Mc[G]Call
The [C]slug ripped through his auburn hair, poor [F]Wild Bill never [C]saw