{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2698368,"song":"Horses And Wars","artist":"Red Steagall","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11525744-horses-and-wars-chords-by-red-steagall/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2698368?type=chord","rating":0.10301,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe cow camp is busy the big herd’s uneasy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe dark sky is rolling and mean[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe rolls him a tight one ties down his slicker\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSlaps at some dust on his knee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nHe lays out a flat loop throws at the piebald\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLaughed as the old pony ducked[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThen the third time he caught him[/tab]\r\n\r\nI guess the old pony let him\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGames over he’s startin’ to cuss[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nNow the night watch is his with his face to the wind\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe nods as rides past the boss[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe’s hummin’ a song that his granddaddy taught him[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the back of that ol’ piebald hoss[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he rides off to cow town when the fall work is over[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd goes straight to the Two Minnie’s bar\r\n[tab]         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWhere he dances till morning with the prettiest ladies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tells ‘em stories about horses and wars[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe cow camps are empty the lands full of fences\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe cowboys feed hay in a truck[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe chuck wagon stands in a museum in Kansas\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRottin’ and gatherin’ dust[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nHe rocks in an old chair his granddaddy made him\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the plains were still open and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd his leggings still hang on a nail by the bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGave his spurs to his grandson last spring[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThen he rolls him a tight one and stares at the wall\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt a picture of him and the boss[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor a while he jumps cattle out of sagebrush and cedar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the back of that ol’ piebald hoss[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he dreams he’s in Cowtown a dancin’ till morning[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith the girls at the Two Minnie’s bar\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThen he throws down a whiskey with a couple of cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tells lies about horses and wars[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nHe’s seen in his lifetime a gas-powered jeepney\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen a picture they sent back from mars[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBut all that he prays for is to ride off to glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the back of that ol’ piebald hoss[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile he dreams he’s in Cowtown a dancin’ till morning[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith the girls at the Two Minnie’s bar\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThen he throws down a whiskey with a couple of cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tells lies about horses and wars[/tab]","plain_text":"He rolls him a tight one ties down his slicker\n\n\n\nHe lays out a flat loop throws at the piebald\n\n\n\nI guess the old pony let him\n\n\n\nNow the night watch is his with his face to the wind\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd goes straight to the Two Minnie’s bar\n\n\n\n\nThe cow camps are empty the lands full of fences\n\n\nThe chuck wagon stands in a museum in Kansas\n\n\n\nHe rocks in an old chair his granddaddy made him\n\n\n\n\n\nThen he rolls him a tight one and stares at the wall\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith the girls at the Two Minnie’s bar\n\n\n\n\nHe’s seen in his lifetime a gas-powered jeepney\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith the girls at the Two Minnie’s bar","chords":["G","D7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}