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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: February 2, 2003
Album: Unleashed
Written by: Toby Keith and Scott Emerick
Note: You can capo the first fret and play these chords ignoring the sharp
Symbol and F becomes an E AND Gm becomes a F#m
(WHISKEY FOR MY MEN AND) BEER FOR MY HORSES Toby Keith with Willie Nelson
Intro chord (just one chord they vamp on) A#
A# D# A#
Well a man come on the 6 o'clock news
A# F A#
Says somebody's been shot somebody's been abused
A# D# A#
Somebody blew up a building somebody stole a car
A# F Bb
Somebody got away somebody didn't get too far
Gm F A#
Yeah They didn't get too far
A# D# A#
Grandpappy told my pappy Back in my day son
A# F A#
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
A# F A#
Round up all of them bad boys hang them high in the street
Gm F A#
For all the people to see
CHORUS:
F D# A#
Justice is the one thing you should always find
D# A# F A#
You got to saddle up your boys You got to draw a hard line
F D# A#
When the gunsmoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
D# A# F A#
And We'll all meet back at the local saloon
A# D# A#
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
G# D# A#
Singing Whiskey for my men beer for my horses
A# D# A#
We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds
A# F A#
Too much corruption and crime in the streets
A# D# A#
It's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground
A# F A#
Send em all to their maker and he'll settle em down
Gm F A#
You can bet he'll settle 'em down 'cause To chorus
ENDING:
G D A
singin Whiskey for my men beer for my horses