Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC FF D MajorD
Verse 1:
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Your Daddy runs sheep and my uncle runs cattle
Bm7Bm7 E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 C majorC G+G
Nothin' can keep us out of this battle they wage
C majorC G+G
As it burns up the range, 'til no man is left
C majorC D MajorD
In the saddle
Verse 2:
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Your ranch is upstream and they dammed up the water
Bm7Bm7 E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Thirsty cows scream for my uncle to slaughter
G+G C majorC G+G
The sheep while yore Daddy's asleep
C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G
And I do the same for his daughter
Bridge:
FF E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
If I had my own way, we would be together
G+G
Back in Pittsburgh
Bm7Bm7 E minorEm C majorC G+G
It's the only town east of the river I know
E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D MajorD
And I feel kinda bad, bringin' our grief
G+G
Upon this pore old farmer's house
C majorC FF A minorAm D MajorD
But we ain't got nowhere else to go
Verse 3:
G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Three years on this range since they started the range war
Bm7Bm7 E minor 7Em7 Dm7Dm7 C majorC G+G
Nothing has changed except maybe change for the worst
C majorC G+G
If I'd married you first,
G+G
There might not have been any range war
G+G
You wouldn't be lost to the range war
Outro:
C majorC FF D MajorD