Doolin-Dalton Chords & Tabs

by Eagles

[Content]
Doolin-Dalton
Written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D.Souther, J. Browne
Performed by the Eagles
From the LP "Desperado", 1973
Transcribed by  - Angelo Taibi -
Lyrics and minor tab corrections by Peter Eybert
(Capo 2)

[Intro]
G G/F# Em
G      Em
G   G7 C
Em     A C G D/F#

[Verse 1]
          Em             G     
They were Doolin, Doolin-Dalton
        Em              G   G7
High or low, it was the same
     C                    Em   
Easy money, and faithless women
        A      C        G   B7
Red eye whiskey for the pain

[Verse 2]
Em                           G            B7
Go down Bill Dalton, it must be God's will
Em                         G          G7
Two brothers lyin' dead in Coffeeville
C                           Em               
Two voices call to you from where they stood,
A                                    C       G     
"Lay down your lawbooks now, they're no damn good."

[Verse 3]
       D/F#    Em             G     B7
Better keep on movin', Doolin-Dalton
            Em            G   G7
Till your shadow sets you free
               C                  Em    
And if you're fast, and if you're lucky,
         A7             C       G   
You will never see that hangin' tree

[Refrain]
          Bm             G               C    C/B
Well, the towns lay out across the dusty plain
     Am                                Em                   
Like graveyards filled with tombstones waitin' for the names
      G                 Am      G/B     C     C/B
And a man could use his back or use his brains
    Am                                   D            B7     
But some just went stir-crazy Lord cause nothin' ever changed

[Verse 4]
          Em              G     B7
Till Bill Doolin met Bill Dalton
                 Em                G  G7
He was workin' cheap, just biding time
             C                    Em  
And then he laughed and said I'm goin'
           A7       D               G   
And so he left that peaceful life behind

[Outro]
G D/F# Em G C G/B Am7 D9 E