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Cattleman's Gun

Cattleman's Gun

Cattleman's Gun chords

by Dean Brody

Year: 2009

Genre: Country

Guitar
TuningE A D G B E
CapoFret 1
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EADGBE
Capo

E
D
A
G
B
Bm

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Chord Highlight

Intro 1

E

E

D

A

E

He rode

Verse 1

E

into town one

dust

D

storm Sheepskin

A

cloak across his

back

E

A

preacher man with

kind

D

old eyes

And a

A

mystery for

a past

E

He said

he'd

D

come to teach about

The love of

God

E

But

G

he soon learned

what they were missing

there Was

B

justice and the law

Verse 2

There was a

E

cattleman who

claimed

D

his clan

Owned

A

all the land

G

around

E

And

any brave fool

that might

D

dispute He was

A

quick to

G

snuff 'em out

E

He'd say,

D

"Take my heed

And you won't pay

the

price

E

'Cause

G

honor and a name

ain't worth a

damn If

B

you don't have your

life" 'Cause

Chorus 1

E

"Ain't nobody faster than

this

Bm

cattleman's gun

I'm a

A

rattlesnake on the

trig

E

ger

Your

last stand'll be

lyin'

Bm

in the sand

A

Fallin' to the

G

slam of my ham

E

mer"

E

So

Verse 3

E

one man taught

forgive_

D

ness While

the

A

other taught

G

suffer_ ing

E

The

preacher said

deliv

D

erance Could be

A

found out on

G

their knees

E

He'd say,

D

"I know you want

justice And you

want

E

blood But

be

G

lieve me when I

say to you

Don't

B

try be that man's

judge 'Cause

Chorus 2

E

"Ain't nobody faster than

that

Bm

cattleman's gun

He's a

A

rattlesnake on the

trig

E

ger

Your

last stand'll be

lyin'

Bm

in the sand

A

Fallin' to the

slam of his ham

E

mer"

Interlude 1

A

E

A

E

Verse 4

E

One day a

young far

D

mer brought

his

A

sons to town

G

for feed

E

And he

noticed that the

streets

D

were quiet,

and he

A

knew what that

G

might mean

E

The

D

smoke rose in the

distance His farm

burned

E

to the ground

He let the

G

fury overtake him

When

B

cattleman came back

to town Those

Bridge 1

E

boys ran out from

behind

Bm

the crowd And

A

watched their daddy

die

E

The

big man laughed and

said, "Now look at

Bm

that Anybody

else

A

wanna give it

E

a try?"

Well, the

church doors opened

With that black

Bm

cloak flowin' behind

the

A

preacher's fiery

eyes

E

He said,

"Your

ticket to Hell is

a comin' to you

And I got

a

B

hollow-point to give you

the ride" And

Chorus 3

the

E

only thing faster than

the

Bm

cattleman's gun

Was the

A

preacher man's handy

fin

E

ger He

pulled

iron from his side

and let that

Bm

bullet fly

Beat the

A

rattlesnake to the

ham

E

mer Why

Outro 1

the

E

preacher embraced

forgive_

Bm

ness

Oh, they

A

finally un

G

derstood

E

Under that sheepskin

cloak

Bm

of his

Was a

A

history

G

of

E

blood

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