The Rangers Command chords by Woody Guthrie

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

WOODY GUTHRIE - THE RANGER'S COMMAND

     Words and Music by Woody Guthrie

Verse 1:
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Come all of you cowboys all over this land
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I'll sing you the law of the Ranger's command
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To hold a six-shooter and never to run
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As long as there's bullets in both of your guns

Verse 2:
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I met a fair maiden whose name I don't know
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I asked her to the round up with me would she go
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She said she'd go with me to the cold round-up
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And drink that hard liquor from a cold bitter cup

Verse 3:
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We started for the round up in the fall of the year
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Expecting to get there, with a herd of fat steer
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When the rustlers broke on us, in the dead hour of night
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She rose from her warm bed, a battle to fight

Verse 4:
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She rose from her warm bed with a gun in each hand
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Saying, "Come all you cowboys, and fight for your land"
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Come all of you cowboys, and don't ever run
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As long as there's bullets in both of your guns