Livin' in the West (Bellamy Brothers) - STING 21107 (Tommy P Larsen)

(Opener): SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE

John Wesley Harding shot a man for snoring
Killed him in the bed right where he lay

ALLEMANDE LEFT – WEAVE THE RING
He took a snort of whisky and went back to his sleeping
Rode out before they found him the next day

(Figure): The Heads Promenade go Halfway - Come down and Square Thru Four

All the way around - Right & Left Thru – Rollaway -

Box The Gnat – Square Thru Three Hands - Trade By - Swing and Promenade now

Rode out before they found him the next day

(And to sum it up here is all that I want to say)

(Middle Break / Closer): SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE

Livin’ in the west must have been the best
Must have been the greatest times of all

ALLEMANDE LEFT – WEAVE THE RING
Me I lived in the east and I was bored to say the least
‘Cause I never saw them sons of guns

- in bar-rooms starting brawls

(Tag): SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE - (Music)

(Alternative Figure): Heads Left Square thru Four Hands

With the Sides make a Left Hand Star

Heads Star Right all the way around - Left Swing Thru

Girls Cross Run and the Boys Run - Wrong Way Promenade back home

Rode out before they found him the next day

(And to sum it up here is all that I want to say)

ORIGINAL LYRICS:

John Wesley Harding shot a man for snoring
Killed him in the bed right where he lay
He took a snort of whisky and went back to his sleeping
Rode out before they found him the next day

Now the brothers Frank and Jesse, No-one could be more fearsome
They robbed the trains and rode in the outlaw gangs

The civil war was over but still they fought for Dixie
And legend has their last name to be James

Livin’ in the west must have been the best
Must have been the greatest times of all
Me I lived in the east and I was bored to say the least
‘Cause I never saw them sons of guns in bar-rooms starting brawls

Little William Bonny, Billy the Kid they called him

Had to use a six-gun to survive

He bit the dust at twenty–one but left a reputation

A notch for every year he was alive

And now the frontier days are over for Billy and John and Jesse
And a thousand other bad guys of their day

But they still live on in stories and I hope they live forever
And to sum it up here is all that I want to say