Willie Nelson – Beer For My Horses (Guitar)

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[Instrumental Intro] | A | D A | A | E A | [Verse 1]
        A                         D
Well a man came on the 6 o'clock news

      A                              E      A
Said somebodys been shot, somebodys been abused

                                               D
Somebody blew up a building, somebody stole a car

 A                                  E       A
Somebody got away, somebody didn't get too far yeah

F#                      A
-- They didn't get too far
[Verse 2]
      A                                     D
Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my days, son

   A                                E       A
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done

                                            D
Take all the rope in Texas find a tall oak tree

 A                                            E        A
Round up all of them bad boys, hang them high in the street

F#                        A
-- For all the people to see that...
[Chorus]
E                                   D      A
Justice is the one thing you should always find

           A
You got to saddle up your boys

           A
You got to draw a hard line

         E                              D       A
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune

       A
We'll all meet back at the local saloon

                              D         A
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces

G                      D                A
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses

G                      D                A
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses
[Verse 3]
    A                                   D
We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds

      A                                      E        A
Weve got too much corruption, too much crime in the streets

                                                         D
Its time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground

 A                                   E         A
Send em all to their maker and hell settle em down

F#                          A
-- You can bet hell set em down cause...
[Chorus]
E                                   D      A
Justice is the one thing you should always find

           A
You got to saddle up your boys

           A
You got to draw a hard line

         E                              D       A
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune

       A
We'll all meet back at the local saloon

                              D         A
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces

G                      D                A
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses

G                      D                A
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses
[Chorus]
E                                   D      A
Justice is the one thing you should always find

           A
You got to saddle up your boys

           A
You got to draw a hard line

         E                              D       A
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune

       A
We'll all meet back at the local saloon

                              D         A
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces

G                      D                A
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses

G                      D                A
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses