Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: 
A minorAm
Difficulty: Intermediate
A minorAm
Once there was a mountain man who couldn’t write his name,
DmDm
yet he deserves a front row seat in history’s hall of fame.
A minorAm DmDm
He forgot more about the Indians than we will ever know,
A minorAm
he spoke the language of the Sioux
E MajorE A minorAm
the Blackfoot and the Crow.
A augmentedA E MajorE
Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, yes, lift your glasses high,
E7E7 A augmentedA
as long as there’s a USA, don’t let his memory die.
A7A7 D MajorD
That he was making history, never once occurred to him,
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
but I doubt if we’d a been here, if it weren’t for men like Jim.
A minorAm
He spoke with General Custer and said, “Listen, Yellow Hair,
DmDm
the Sioux were a great nation, so treat them fair and square.
A minorAm DmDm
Sit in on their war council, don’t laugh away their pride,
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
but Custer didn’t listen, at Little Big Horn Custer died.
A augmentedA E MajorE
Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, yes, lift your glasses high,
E7E7 A augmentedA
as long as there’s a USA, don’t let his memory die.
A7A7 D MajorD
That he was making history, never once occurred to him,
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
but I doubt if we’d a been here, if it weren’t for men like Jim.
A minorAm
There’s poems and there’s 🏷Legends that tell of Carson’s fame,
DmDm
yet compared to Jim Bridger, Kit was civilized and tame.
A minorAm
These words are straight from Carson’s lips,
DmDm
if you place such store by him,
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
if there’s a man who knows this gun – forsaken land it’s Jim.
A augmentedA E MajorE
Let’s drink to old Jim Bridger, yes, lift your glasses high,
E7E7 A augmentedA
as long as there’s a USA, don’t let his memory die.
A7A7 D MajorD
That he was making history, never once occurred to him,
E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA
but I doubt if we’d a been here, if it weren’t for men like Jim.
