E7
Jerimiah said his peace and fell back in the road
He was shot by Coulee Reese
Who they nick-named Jack The Toad
E7
Just across his shoulder just a little to the right
He heard the click of a 45 hammer
C#m
So he throws himself down and he hits the ground
Rolls right over and spins 'round
C#m
And with one good shot, just one good shot
He brings that villain right down
E7
In true "Hour Western" manner

[Chorus]
C    B   E            C    B   E7
Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news
C              B                     E7
I knew Coulee, Coulee never lost his cool

E7
A legend grew and Jack The Toad knew
To back up all the talk
One day soon, preferably noon
E7
He's going to have to take the long walk
A poker game and a fast stake
Of these Jack was the master
C#m
But a man called Pete
At the end of a dusty dusty street
C#m
He's just about six feet
Now he just might, you know he just might
                    E7
He might be a lttle faster

C    B   E7           C    B   E7
Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news
C              B                     E7
I knew Coulee, Coulee never lost his cool
        G#m
I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed
E7
It's Jack The Toad

[Instrumental]
D, E7 x8
E7 x 8

[Bridge]
        G#m             G#m             G#m
I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed, I'll be blowed
E7
It's Jack The Toad

[Verse]
E7
Well it had to happen on a summers' day
When Jack was feeling good
But a friend of a friend, promised a friend of a friend
E7
Promised a friend of a friend he would
But many brave men have said the same thing
Again and again and again
C#m
Now Jack, when he went out to face Pete
For the final showdown
He was just a little bit high
C#m
He'd been drinking and smoking
And he thought he was so fast
E7
He made the last move
And that was the last move he made

[Chorus]
C    B   E7           C    B   E7
Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news
C              B                     E7
I knew Coulee, Coulee never lost his cool

[Verse]
E7
Well now he's gone but his memory lives on
In the mind of every comic strip reader
E7
Some say weren't Jack, some say was camphor
Some say he was just a bleeder
One fact, one fact remain, always be the same
C#m
Now on your way through life
Sometimes you just got to be a little bad
I knew Jack and, my goodness, he was bad
C#m
He was bad, bad news
You just got to be a little bad because, if you ain't
The great gun fighter in the sky
C#m
Ain't got no one to save
And if you're just a little bad
Just a little bad
E7
Nobody forgets your name

C    B   E7           C    B   E7
Bad, bad news, he was bad, bad news
C                             B   E7
Bad, oh my goodness, Jack was bad news