Beer For My Horses chords by Willie Nelson

Chords with lyrics

Key: A augmentedA

Instrumental Intro:

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Verse 1:
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Well a man came on the 6 o'clock news
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Said somebodys been shot, somebodys been abused
                        D MajorD
Somebody blew up a building, somebody stole a car
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Somebody got away, somebody didn't get too far yeah
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-- They didn't get too far

Verse 2:
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Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my days, son
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A majorA man had to answer for the wicked that he done
                      D MajorD
Take all the rope in Texas find a tall oak tree
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Round up all of them bad boys, hang them high in the street
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-- For all the people to see that


Chorus:
E MajorE                  D MajorD   A augmentedA
Justice is the one thing you should always find
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You got to saddle up your boys
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You got to draw a hard line
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When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
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We'll all meet back at the local saloon
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We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
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Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses
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Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses

Verse 3:
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds
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Weve got too much corruption, too much crime in the streets
                             D MajorD
Its time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground
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Send em all to their maker and hell settle em down
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-- You can bet hell set em down cause


Chorus:
E MajorE                  D MajorD   A augmentedA
Justice is the one thing you should always find
      A augmentedA
You got to saddle up your boys
      A augmentedA
You got to draw a hard line
     E MajorE               D MajorD    A augmentedA
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
    A augmentedA
We'll all meet back at the local saloon
               D MajorD     A augmentedA
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
G+G           D MajorD        A augmentedA
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses
G+G           D MajorD        A augmentedA
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses


Chorus:
E MajorE                  D MajorD   A augmentedA
Justice is the one thing you should always find
      A augmentedA
You got to saddle up your boys
      A augmentedA
You got to draw a hard line
     E MajorE               D MajorD    A augmentedA
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
    A augmentedA
We'll all meet back at the local saloon
               D MajorD     A augmentedA
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
G+G           D MajorD        A augmentedA
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses
G+G           D MajorD        A augmentedA
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses