Johnson County War chords by Ned LeDoux
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Intro 1
(A minor)
(G major) (A minor)
(G major) (A minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) (A minor)
(G major)
(A minor)
Verse 1
Headed for Wyoming in (G major) 1882
A (A minor) woman, a team
and a dragon
Gonna make our (G major) dreams come (A minor) true
(F major) Settled in the foothills (C major) of the (G major) big,
Worn mountain slopes (A minor)
Life was sweet, we lived on the meat of
The (G major) Deer and the Antelope (A minor)
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Verse 2
We cut (A minor) house logs up on the
mountain
With a team (G major) we hauled 'em down (A minor)
Built and we stacked 'em up
(G major) [?] some bottom (A minor) ground
(F major) Traded for some cattle, (C major)
Turned (G major) them out on the open range (A minor)
Skies were blue but
we never knew
How things (G major) were gonna change (A minor)
(F major) Old Powder
Verse 3
(C major) River, you're muddy (G major)
And you're wide (A minor)
How (F major) many men have (C major) died
along your (E major) shore
When you (F major) brand a man a rustler (C major) ,
(G major) He's gotta take a side (A minor)
There's no middle ground in this
(G major) Johnson County War
(A minor)
Verse 4
When the neighbours
stopped by yesterday
While I was (G major) outside chopping wood
(A minor) To fill me in on the local news
Ain't (G major) none of it sounded good (A minor)
Said there's (F major) been some cattle stealing
(C major) By some local (G major) outlaw band (A minor)
We'd all been branded rustlers
By the big (G major) ranchers of this land (A minor)
Verse 5
So it's us against the cattle (A minor)
men
And the years (G major) just made it worse (A minor)
First the drought and then
the tough winter
John (G major) son County been dealt a (A minor) curse
(F major) Then there came a story (C major)
about the (G major) two [?]
(A minor) Harrisson Jones and John Tisdale,
(G major) both shot in
The back
(A minor)
Verse 6
(F major) Old Powder River (C major) , you're (G major) muddy
And you're wide (A minor)
How (F major) many men have (C major) died
along your shore (E major)
When you (F major) brand a man a rust (C major) ler,
(G major) He's gotta take a side (A minor)
There's no middle ground in
this Johnson (G major) County War (A minor)
Verse 7
(A minor)
Then last night at supper time
Well a (G major) rider stopped by chance (A minor)
He said the cattle men, their hired guns
Just (G major) burned the Casey ranch (A minor)
Two (F major) men had died this (C major) morning
Shot (G major) down in the snow (A minor)
Now the vigilante army was
on the march (G major) to Buffalo (A minor)
Verse 8
Well the (A minor) county was in an uproar
Every man (G major) saddled up to ride (A minor)
They got the cattle men
at the T.A ranch
And sur (G major) rounded all four sides (A minor)
(F major) They [?] the house with (C major) bullets
Swore (G major) they were (A minor) [?]
Then the calvary came from
across the plains
Once (G major) again they saved the day (A minor)
Verse 9
(A minor)
Well they marched them off
to Cheyenne
(G major) No one went to jail
The (A minor) cattle men were all turned loose
And their (G major) 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
On the cattle burns beef (E major)
Verse 10
(F major) Old Powder River (C major) , you're (G major) muddy
And you're wide (A minor)
How (F major) many men have (C major) died
along your shore (E major)
When you (F major) brand a man a rust (C major) ler,
(G major) He's gotta take a side (A minor)
No middle ground in this Johnson (G major)
County War (A minor)
Verse 11
There's no middle ground in this (G major) Johnson
County War (A minor)
Outro 1
(A minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
(F major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
Johnson County War
Ned LeDoux
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