Eight’s n Aces (76 bpm)

Writers: Mark Monument/Paul DeMarco/ Kay Mott

V1
She does up her corset, she leaves the laces slack
Hair done up pretty, best dress upon her back
Meeting her outlaw lover at the Deadwood Bar Saloon
Against her daddy’s wishes, she’ll be Mrs Wild Bill soon

She says he loves only her, and he don’t tell no lies
He’s gonna marry her, leave his life behind
Her daddy says he’s trouble, hes just a guns ‘n thunder show
She don’t listen to her daddy, somethings a girl just knows

Chorus
A man with eight’s and aces is holding a dead man’s hand
Girl I know you love him but you don’t understand
Men like that don’t live long ‘fore sleeping in the sand
When he’s holding eight’s and aces, it’s a dead man’s hand

V2
She knows there’s no safe bet, but she loves him just the same
With her he’s always gentle he’s only wild by name
He’ll do her right maybe have a child one day
She’ll make her own mistakes, she aint daddy's to give away

Blanketed on the buckboard she came rolling into town
Dust settles on her boot tops as the horse slows the buggy down
A single gunshot stuns the air in that cold desert night
Daddy’s words ringing in her ears, “Wont you listen to me child

Chorus

Bridge
Chaos in the backroom, she pushes (back) slowly through the door
Crowd of people round the table his black Stetson on the floor

Chorus
A man with eight’s and aces is holding a dead man’s hand
Girl, I know you love him but you gotta understand
A man like that don’t live long ‘fore sleeping in the sand
When he’s holding eights n aces honey... it’s a deadman’s hand