Intro:  G C G G D G

G                      C            G
Well a man came on the six o' clock news
G
Say somebody's been shot
    D               G
Say somebody's been abused
G
Somebody blew up a building
C                D
Somebody stole a car
G
Somebody got away
D                       G
Somebody didn't get too far, yeah

G                         C              G
Grand pappy told my pappy back in my day son
  G                         D              G
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
G
Take all the rope in Texas 
C               G
Find a tall oak tree
G
Round up all of them bad boys
         D           G
Hang 'em high in the street
Em          D         G
For all the people to see

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D
That justice is the one thing
           C       G
You should always find
          C              G
You gotta saddle up your boys
          D           G
You gotta draw a hard line
D
When the gun smoke settles
             C       G
We'll sing a victory tune
          C        G
And we'll all meet back
       D      G
At the local saloon
G
We'll raise up our glasses
C            G
Against evil forces singing
F              C
Whiskey for my men and
             G
Beer for my horses

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G                               C     G
We got too many gangsters doin' dirty deeds
G                       D            G
Too much coruption and crime in the streets
G
It's time the long arm of the law
      C               G
Put a few more in the ground
G
Send 'em all to their maker
          D          G
And he'll settle 'em down
Em          D             G
You can bet he'll set 'em down

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