Hollies - What A Life I’ve Led CAPO: 4th Fret INTRO: There never was a man so doggone mean I wore only black and my eyes were green And I can tell ya now that I’m very old I’d kill any man for a piece of gold CHORUS: Oh oh oh what a life I’ve led I’ve been a real bad man and I oughta be dead Oh oh oh what a life I’ve led I’ve been real mean man full of cheating and lying Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying (yes I did) I rode into Dodge on a sunny day I went there to steal all the railmen’s pay And when I left town all the streets ran red I had ten grand in gold and three guards lay dead CHORUS: Oh oh oh what a life I’ve led I’ve been a real bad man and I oughta be dead Oh oh oh what a life I’ve led I’ve been real mean man full of cheating and lying Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying (yes I did) INSTRUMENTAL: BRIDGE: I was a bad man with a heart made of stone If you were a wise man you would’ve left me alone______ I’ve lived all my life such a lonely one Just me and my horse and a fine six-gun I’ve lived and I’ve loved and I knew great pain But I know now I’d do it over again singing CHORUS: Oh oh oh what a life I’ve led I’ve been a real bad man and I oughta be dead Oh oh oh what a life I’ve led I’ve been real mean man full of cheating and lying Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying CHORUS: Oh oh oh what a life I’ve led I’ve been a real bad man and I oughta be dead Oh oh oh what a life I’ve led I’ve been real mean man full of cheating and lying Left a lot of men dead and a lot of girls crying oh oh oh oh oh