[Intro]
G Am Em   G Am Em
[Strophe]
G         Am        Em 
They say Paris is dead 
G              C          Em 
Lived through London and drank
 through Memphis 
Lived through London and drank through Memphis 
     G              Am       Em 
The things you live by were once just
 a guess 
The things you live by were once just a guess 
           G        Am           Em 
And there ain’t no glory in the west 
 
And there ain’t no glory in the west  
           G        Am           Em 
No, there ain’t no glory in the west
 
No, there ain’t no glory in the west 
G       Am           Em 
Hard to think on your feet 
G        Am           Em 
Tired of begging them just to compete
 
Tired of begging them just to compete 
G         C           Em 
Shoot to win can feel so bittersweet 
 
Shoot to win can feel so bittersweet  
         G        Am       Em 
But you take what you can get 
              G        Am         
’Cause there ain’t no glory in the
  Em 
 west
’Cause there ain’t no glory in the west
[Refrain]
C        G   D 
Blazin’ on ahead 
D 
Burning through it 
C       G        D 
Coming down the bend 
N.C. 
Nowhere left to go, goin’s all we
 know  
Nowhere left to go, goin’s all we know  
C       G        D 
Ridin’ past the best 
D            G    Am  Em D 
And there’s still no rest 
D            G    Am  Em 
And there’s still no rest 
N.C.                       
There ain’t no glory in the
     G Am Em 
 west
There ain’t no glory in the west
[Strophe]
G        Am     Em 
What’s a boy to do? 
G        Am          Em 
Hit the road with a dollar or two 
G       Am          Em 
Haunted by what he knows he can’t do
 
Haunted by what he knows he can’t do 
Em       G  Am   Em 
Gets it off his chest 
              G        Am         
’Cause there ain’t no glory in the
 Em 
 west
’Cause there ain’t no glory in the west
[Refrain]
C       G    D 
Burnin’ on ahead 
D 
Blazing through it 
C        G      D 
Runnin' blind again 
N.C. 
Nowhere left to go, goin’s all we
 know  
Nowhere left to go, goin’s all we know  
C       G        D 
Ridin’ past the best 
             G    Am  Em D 
And there’s still no rest 
D            G    Am  Em D 
And there’s still no rest 
D            G    Am  Em 
And there’s still no rest 
N.C.                       
There ain’t no glory in the
  G Am Em 
 west
There ain’t no glory in the west
[Strophe]
G            Am                Em 
"Count your blessings" they’ll say 
     G          Am         Em 
And after each midnight begins a new
 day 
And after each midnight begins a new day 
     G               Am            
But don’t place your bets on a word
 N.C. 
 that they say 
But don’t place your bets on a word that they say 
N.C.                      Em 
They’ll put your life to rest  
              G        Am         
’Cause there ain’t no glory in the
  Em 
 west 
’Cause there ain’t no glory in the west 
           G        Am           Em 
No, there ain’t no glory in the west
 
No, there ain’t no glory in the west 
       G        Am          Em 
There ain’t no glory in the west