Beer For My Horses chords by Toby Keith

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: novice

    A       D      A
Well a man come on the 6 o'clock news
    A             E      A
Said somebody's been shot, somebody's been abused.
      A              D   A
Somebody blew up a building, somebody stole a car.
    A           E       A
Somebody got away, somebody didn't get too far.
  F#m      E    A
Yeah, they didn't get too far.
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Grandpappy told my pappy, "Back in my day, son,
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A man had to answer for the wicked that he done.
   A              D    A
Take all the rope in Texas find a tall oak tree,
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Round up all them bad boys, hang 'em high in the street
F#m        E    A
For all the people to see that

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 E                  D   A
Justice is the one thing you should always find.
      D       A        E      A
You gotta saddle up your boys, you gotta draw a hard line.
      E              D    A
When the gunsmoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
    D    A      E   A
We'll all meet back at the local saloon.
    A           D      A
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces singin,
  G      D         A
Whiskey for my men, Beer for my horses.
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    A           D    A
We got too many gangsters doin dirty deeds.
      A               E       A
We've got too much corruption too much crime in the streets
        A            D                    A
It's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground

     A               E    A
Send 'em all to their maker and he'll settle 'em down
F#m           E     A
You can bet he'll settle 'em down cause


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  G       D         A
Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses.

A D A A E A

(Chorus)