The Ballad Of Ed Cantrell chords by Brenn Hill

• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro:


Em C
Em C
Em C
D Am

Verse 1:

      Em           C
There's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Em             C
  The jackrabbits and the coyotes run
Em            C
  The red desert rolls on forever
D          Am
  Blood red in the setting sun

Verse 2:

Em            C
  The marijuana and the cocaine highway
Em             C
  The federales couldn't keep it clean
Em            C
  State troopers start off the right way
D           Am
  Big money's just a lawman's dream

Chorus:

      G           D
There's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Am         C
One lone deputy upheld the law
     G         D
He was a  black belt in 'kwondo, karate
    Am      C
And a master of the old quick draw
       D  Bm    Em
He gave 'em hell
Ed Cantrell

Instrumental:

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Em C

Verse 3:

    Em           C
Was a slow drive down to the Silver Dollar Bar
Em            C
  Tickets low, Sergeant Callas, you drive
      Em            C
There was a  crooked smile in the rearview mirror
    D          Am
Oh, he  might've made it home alive

Verse 4:

    Em            C
But as Rosa reached down for his ankle gun
   Em               C
Cantrell saw the flash through the thunderhead sky
      Em              C
And he was  spitting lead before the crash of thunder
  D          Am
A 38 Special right between the eyes

Chorus:

        G           D
And there's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Am         C
One lone deputy upheld the law
     G         D
He was a  black belt in 'kwondo, karate
    Am      C
And a master of the old quick draw
       D  Bm    Em
He gave 'em hell
Ed Cantrell


Instrumental:

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Em C
Em C
D Am

Verse 5:

   Em        C
The jury found Ed Cantrell not guilty
Em              C
  But some say he should've died in jail
Em          C
  He went back to Sweetwater County
D            Am
  Ready to take on the whole cartel

Verse 6:

Em               C
  The cattle rustlers and the low dive dealers
Em                 C
  Were sweating bullets when they heard his name
Em           C
  The money and the drugs quit running
    D         Am
He was one for the lawman  hall of fame

Chorus:

        G           D
And there's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Am         C
One lone deputy upheld the law
     G         D
He was a  black belt in 'kwondo, karate
    Am      C
And a master of the old quick draw
       D  Bm    Am
He gave 'em hell
Ed Cantrell

Verse 7:

   Em          C
So to all you criminals, stupid outlaws
Em            C
  You drug runners and murdering thieves
Em           C
  You might go scot-free in this life
D             Am
  But you better watch out  when you leave

Verse 8:

         Em             C
'Cause if you're headed where the brimstone burns and boils
    Em         C
At the hot, black gaping jaws of hell
      Em            C
There's a five star standing with a 38 pistol
   D        Am
It's gold-badge deputy Ed Cantrell

Chorus:
        G           D
And there's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County
Am         C
One lone deputy upheld the law
     G         D
He was a  black belt in 'kwondo, karate
    Am      C
And a master of the old quick draw
       D  Bm    Em
He gave 'em hell
Ed Cantrell

Outro:
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      Em          C
There's a whole lot of holes in Sweetwater County