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The Last Gunfighter Ballad (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = The Last Gunfighter Ballad
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| type = single
| artist = Johnny Cash
| album = The Last Gunfighter Ballad
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| B-side = "City Jail"
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| genre = Country
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| label = Columbia 3-10483
| writer = Guy Clark
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| producer = Charlie Bragg, Don Davis
| prev_title = It's All Over
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| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Lady
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"'The Last Gunfighter Ballad'" is a song written by Guy Clark and originally recorded by Johnny Cash for his 1977 album 'The Last Gunfighter Ballad'.
Released in early 1977 as a single (Columbia 3-10483, with "City Jail" on the B-side), the song reached number 38 on U.S. 'Billboard' country chart for the week of April 2.
Track listing
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| headline = 7" single {{nobold|(Columbia 3-10483, 1977)}}
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| title1 = The Last Gunfighter Ballad
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| writer1 = G. Clark
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| length1 = 2:45
| title2 = City Jail
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| writer2 = J. R. Cash
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| length2 = 3:08
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Charts
References
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