<P> `` Do n't Take Your Guns to Town '' is a 1958 single by Johnny Cash . The single was his fifth release to reach the number one position on the country chart , where it stayed for six weeks . `` Do n't Take Your Guns to Town '' was also a crossover hit peaking at number thirty - two on the pop chart . The song is also included in the live album VH1 Storytellers : Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson . The song was covered by U2 on their 2001 single `` Elevation '' . </P>
who sings do n 't take your guns to town
Johnny Cash