Beer For My Horses chords by Willie Nelson

Key: A

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