Johnson County War chords by Chris LeDoux
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Intro 1
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(E major) (A minor) (A major) (A minor)
(D minor) (G major)
(A major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(A major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
Headed for Wyoming, (G major)
Verse 1
(A minor) in 1882..a woman, a team, and a wagon.
(A major) Gonna (G major) make our dreams come true. (A major) (A minor)
(F major) Settled in the (C major) foothills of the
(G major) big horn mountain (A minor) slope.
Life is sweet we lived on the meat,
of the (G major) deer and (D major) the antelope. (A major) (A minor)
We cut house logs on the mountain,
with the (G major) team we (A major) hauled 'em down. (A minor)
Peeled 'em and we stacked 'em up,
(G major) for a house (A minor) an d bought some ground.
(F major) Traded for some (C major) cattle,
and turned (G major) 'em out on the (A major) range.
(A minor) The skies were blue and (G major) we never
knew...how things were gonna change. (A major) (A minor)
(F major) Ole powder (C major) river, you're (G major) muddy and (A minor) wide,
how (F major) many men have (C major) died...upon
Your (E major) shores.
When you (F major) brand a man a rust (C major) ler,
(G major) he's gotta take a (A minor) side.
There's no middle ground in this
(G major) Johnson country (A minor) war. (D minor) (A minor)
(A major) Well, the (A minor) neighbors stopped by yesterday,
while I was (G major) outside choppin'
Some (A major) wood.
And they filled me in on the local
news, ain't (G major) none of it sounded good, (A major)
(D minor) Said, they'd (F major) been some cattle steal (C major) in',
by some no count (A minor) outlaw bands.
We'd all been branded rustler's
by the big (G major) ranchers of this land. (A major)
Well it was (A minor) us against the cattlemen,
and the (G major) years just made it (A minor) worse.
First the drought,
then the tough winter, John (G major) son county had (D minor) been dealt
A curse,
(F major) Then their came the (C major) story about
the (G major) two dry gol (A minor) gia tax.
Ranger Jones and John (G major) Tisdale
both been shot in the back (A minor)
(F major) Oh, powder (C major) river,
you're (G major) muddy and you're (A minor) wide,
How (F major) many men have (C major) died
upon your (E major) shores.
When you (F major) brand a man a rust (C major) ler,
(G major) he's gotta take a (A minor) side.
There's no middle ground in this
(G major) Johnson county (A major) war. (A minor)
(A major) Then last night at supper time,
(G major) riders stopped by (A minor) chance.
They said (A major) cattleman and hired guns, just
(G major) burned the (A minor) Kaycee ranch,
Two (F major) men had died this (C major) mornin',
(G major) shot down (D major) in the snow.
(A minor) Now the vigilante army
was march (G major) in' for buffalo.
(A major) (A minor) Well the county was in an uproar,
an every (G major) man saddled (D minor) up to (A major) ride.
(A minor) Caught the cattlemen at the (A major) ta ranch, and
sur (G major) rounded (D major) all four (A minor) sides. (D minor)
(F major) We hailed the house with (C major) bullets and
(G major) swore we'd make 'em pay.
(A major) But the cavalry (A minor) came across the plains,
and once (G major) again saved the (A minor) day.
Well, they marched 'em off to Chey (C major) enne,
and (G major) no one went (A minor) to jail.
The cattlemen (G major) we're all (F major) turned
(G major) loose, and the hired guns hit the trail.
(A minor) And I (F major) guess the only justice, (C major)
wasn't (G major) much to say the least.
(A minor) Last winter me and mine ate mighty fine
(G major) on the cattle baron's (A minor) beef. (G major) (E major)
(F major) Oh powder (C major) river,
you're (G major) muddy and you're (A minor) wide.
How (F major) many men have (C major) died
upon your (E major) shores.
When you (F major) brand a man a rust (C major) ler,
(G major) he's gotta take a (A minor) side.
There's no middle ground in this
(G major) Johnson county (A minor) war.
There's no middle ground in this (G major) Johnson
county (A minor) war
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Johnson County War
Chris LeDoux
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