Beer for My Horses – 2003 /

4/4 G / / C - G / Well a man come on the 6 o'clock news said somebody's been D - G / shot, somebody's been abused, somebody blew up a building, C - G / D - somebody stole a car, somebody got away, somebody didn't get G Em D - G / too far yeah. They didn't get too far

G C - G / Grand pappy told my pappy “back in my day son a man had to D - G / answer for the wicked that he'd done”. Take all the rope in Texas C - G / D - find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys, hang ‘em high G Em D - G / in the street for all the people to see. That

D C - G Chorus: Justice is the one thing you should always find. You C - G D - G got to saddle up your boys you got to draw a hard line. When the D C - G / gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune. And we'll all meet D - G / C - back at the local saloon. We'll raise up our glasses against evil G F C G / forces singin’ whiskey for my men, beer for my horses.

Beer for My Horses (cont.)

G C - G / We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds, too much D - G / corruption and crime in the streets. It's time the long arm of the C - G / law put a few more in the ground, send 'em all to their maker and D - G Em D - G he'll settle 'em down. You can bet he'll settle 'em down, ‘cause

D C - G Chorus: Justice is the one thing you should always find. You C - G D - G got to saddle up your boys you got to draw a hard line. When the D C - G / gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune. And we'll all meet D - G / C - back at the local saloon. We'll raise up our glasses against evil G F C G forces singin’ II: whiskey for my men, beer for my horses :II 3x

“Whiskey for me, beer for my horse” is said in the 1975 film “Bite the Bullet” by Jan Michael Vincent. 4/7/2018