TWO-GUN PETE
>From the film "Sheriff Of Tombstone" (1941)
(Sol Meyer / Peter Tinturin)


Sally Payne & Male Chorus (Film Soundtrack) - 1941



(Two-Gun Pete) Two-Gun Pete!
(He was a western man)
 
Two-Gun Pete was a western man
He wore a smile and a coat of tan
When he played cards, would you believe
That he kept an ace right up his sleeve

Oh, ya shoulda seen Pete when he dealt from the bottom
You shoulda seen Pete take the boys and spot 'em
You shoulda seen Pete when the Sheriff got 'im
(And you shoulda seen Pete) When the posse up and shot 'im

Two-Gun Pete was a man of might
Slept all day and he played all night
And to this day he'd be alive
If he held four aces instead of five

Oh, ya shoulda seen Pete when he dealt from the bottom, bottom!
You shoulda seen Pete take the boys and spot 'em, spot 'em!
You shoulda seen Pete when the Sheriff got 'im, and he got 'im!
And you shoulda seen Pete when the posse up and shot 'im

Two-Gun Pete couldn't ride or rope
Never heard of a bath with soap
If he went broke, he'd never groan
When his cash ran low he'd print his own

Oh, ya shoulda seen Pete when he dealt from the bottom (Bottom!)
You shoulda seen Pete take the boys and spot 'em (Spot 'em!)
You shoulda seen Pete when the Sheriff got 'im (He got 'im!)
And you shoulda seen Pete when the posse up and shot 'im 
(They up and shot 'im!)



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2017)