Johnson County War - Chris Ledoux Chords
Chords: Am, G, F, C, E
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[Intro]
Am
Am G Am
Am G Am
F C G Am
Am G Am
[Verse 1]
Am G Am
Headed for Wyoming, in 1882
Am G Am
A woman, a team, and a wagon, gonna make our dreams come true
F C G Am
Settled in the foothills of the big horn mountain slope
Am
Life was sweet, we lived on the meat
G Am
Of the deer and the antelope
Am G Am
We cut house logs up on the mountain, with the team we hauled 'em down
Am G Am
Peeled 'em and we stacked 'em up, for a house and bought 'em ground
F C G Am
Traded for some cattle, turned 'em out on the open range
Am
The skies were blue, we never knew
G Am
How things were gonna change
[Chorus]
F C G Am
Ole Powder River, you're muddy and you're wide
F C E
How many men have died along your shore
F C G Am
When you brand a man a rustler, he's gotta take a side
Am G Am
There's no middle ground in this Johnson County War
[Verse 2]
Am G Am
Well, the neighbors stopped by yesterday, while I was outside choppin' wood
Am G Am
And they filled me in on the local news, there ain't none of it sounded good
F C G Am
Said there'd been some cattle stealin', by some no count outlaw bands
Am
We'd all been branded rustlers
G Am
by the big ranchers of this land
Am G Am
Well, it was us against the cattlemen, and the years just made it worse
Am G
First the drought and then the tough winter, Johnson County had been dealt a
Am
curse
F C G Am
Then there came the story about the two dry gulch attacks
Am
Ranger Jones and John Tisdale
G Am
both shot in the back...
[Chorus]
F C G Am
Oh, Powder River, you're muddy and you're wide
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