The Ballad Of Ed Cantrell chords by Brenn Hill

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:


Em C
Em C
Em C
D Am

Verse 1:

           Em                     C
There's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Em                          C
   The jackrabbits and the coyotes run
Em                        C
   The red desert rolls on forever
D                    Am
   Blood red in the setting sun

Verse 2:

Em                        C
   The marijuana and the cocaine highway
Em                         C
   The federales couldn't keep it clean
Em                       C
   State troopers start off the right way
D                      Am
   Big money's just a lawman's dream

Chorus:

            G                     D
There's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Am                 C
One lone deputy upheld the law
         G                  D
He was a   black belt in 'kwondo, karate
       Am            C
And a master of the old quick draw
             D   Bm        Em
He gave 'em hell
Ed Cantrell

Instrumental:

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Em C

Verse 3:

       Em                     C
Was a slow drive down to the Silver Dollar Bar
Em                        C
   Tickets low, Sergeant Callas, you drive
            Em                        C
There was a    crooked smile in the rearview mirror
       D                   Am
Oh, he   might've made it home alive

Verse 4:

        Em                        C
But as Rosa reached down for his ankle gun
     Em                              C
Cantrell saw the flash through the thunderhead sky
           Em                            C
And he was    spitting lead before the crash of thunder
   D                    Am
A 38 Special right between the eyes

Chorus:

                G                     D
And there's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Am                 C
One lone deputy upheld the law
         G                  D
He was a   black belt in 'kwondo, karate
       Am            C
And a master of the old quick draw
             D   Bm        Em
He gave 'em hell
Ed Cantrell


Instrumental:

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Em C
Em C
D Am

Verse 5:

     Em                C
The jury found Ed Cantrell not guilty
Em                            C
   But some say he should've died in jail
Em                   C
   He went back to Sweetwater County
D                        Am
   Ready to take on the whole cartel

Verse 6:

Em                              C
   The cattle rustlers and the low dive dealers
Em                                  C
   Were sweating bullets when they heard his name
Em                     C
   The money and the drugs quit running
        D                 Am
He was one for the lawman    hall of fame

Chorus:

                G                     D
And there's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Am                 C
One lone deputy upheld the law
         G                  D
He was a   black belt in 'kwondo, karate
       Am            C
And a master of the old quick draw
             D   Bm        Am
He gave 'em hell
Ed Cantrell

Verse 7:

      Em                   C
So to all you criminals, stupid outlaws
Em                       C
   You drug runners and murdering thieves
Em                     C
   You might go scot-free in this life
D                          Am
   But you better watch out   when you leave

Verse 8:

                  Em                         C
'Cause if you're headed where the brimstone burns and boils
       Em                 C
At the hot, black gaping jaws of hell
           Em                        C
There's a five star standing with a 38 pistol
      D                Am
It's gold-badge deputy Ed Cantrell

Chorus:
                G                     D
And there's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Am                 C
One lone deputy upheld the law
         G                  D
He was a   black belt in 'kwondo, karate
       Am            C
And a master of the old quick draw
             D   Bm        Em
He gave 'em hell
Ed Cantrell

Outro:
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  Ed Cantrell
C         Em
  Ed Cantrell

C D Am

            Em                    C
There's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County