Chris LeDoux – Johnson County War (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
Am
Am G Am
Am G Am
F C G Am
Am G Am
[Verse 1]
Am G Am Headed for Wyoming, in 1882 Am G Am A woman, a team, and a wagon, gonna make our dreams come true F C G Am Settled in the foothills of the big horn mountain slope Am Life was sweet, we lived on the meat G Am Of the deer and the antelope Am G Am We cut house logs up on the mountain, with the team we hauled 'em down Am G Am Peeled 'em and we stacked 'em up, for a house and bought 'em ground F C G Am Traded for some cattle, turned 'em out on the open range Am The skies were blue, we never knew G Am How things were gonna change
[Chorus]
F C G Am Ole Powder River, you're muddy and you're wide F C E How many men have died along your shore F C G Am When you brand a man a rustler, he's gotta take a side Am G Am There's no middle ground in this Johnson County War
[Verse 2]
Am G Am Well, the neighbors stopped by yesterday, while I was outside choppin' wood Am G Am And they filled me in on the local news, there ain't none of it sounded good F C G Am Said there'd been some cattle stealin', by some no count outlaw bands Am We'd all been branded rustlers G Am by the big ranchers of this land Am G Am Well, it was us against the cattlemen, and the years just made it worse Am G Am First the drought and then the tough winter, Johnson County had been dealt a curse F C G Am Then there came the story about the two dry gulch attacks Am Ranger Jones and John Tisdale G Am both shot in the back...
[Chorus]
F C G Am Oh, Powder River, you're muddy and you're wide F C E How many men have died along your shore F C G Am When you brand a man a rustler, he's gotta take a side Am G Am There's no middle ground in this Johnson County War
[Verse 3]
Am G Am Then last night at supper time, riders stopped by chance Am G Am They said the cattlemen and their hired guns had just burned the Kaycee Ranch F C G Am Two men had died this mornin', shot down in the snow Am Now the vigilante army G Am Was on the march to Buffalo Am G Am Well, the county was in an uproar, and every man saddled up to ride Am G Am Caught the cattlemen at the TA Ranch, and surrounded all four sides F C G Am We hailed the house with bullets and swore they were gonna pay Am But the calvery came across the plains G Am And once again they saved the day
[Verse 4]
Am G Am Well, they marched 'em off to Cheyenne, and no one went to jail Am G Am The cattlemen were all turned loose, and the hired guns hit the trail F C G Am And I guess the only justice, wasn't much to say the least (Am) Last winter me and mine ate mighty fine
On the cattle baron's beef
[Chorus]
F C G Am Oh, Powder River, you're muddy and you're wide F C E How many men have died along your shore F C G Am When you brand a man a rustler, he's gotta take a side Am G Am There's no middle ground in this Johnson County War Am G Am There's no middle ground in this Johnson County War
[Outro]
Am G Am
Am G Am
F C G Am
Am G Am