Ian Tyson - Murder Steer guitar chord

Murder Steer 4/4 (Ian Tyson)

I think this version is right, that last verse is played the same only

slower.

Murder Steer

Am Come all ye brave cow punchers, wherever you may C be

My tale is of the ninties, when the west was wild and Am free

South F Texas Brewster county, an C early work was a goin Am on

Three F thousand head of cattle, thrown G together in the Am dawn

Am Now the biggest outfits of that time was wentworth and C dubois

There rep was a man named Gilleland sent to represent their Am law

A F man of pride and arrogance, he C was oft described that Am way

And F he set the wheels in motion for the G horrors of that Am day

Am Now on that day a yearling bull was claimed by Henry C Powe

And the roundup boss agreed, said with Henry he should Am go

Finally F Gilleland loped over and cried C produce the mama Am cow

Or F you'll play hell a takin him and we'll G settle it here and Am

now

Am When Henry powe and Gilleland met in the center of the C herd

Tragedy was near at hand though no one could hear their Am words

But F when the dust had settled on that C january Am day

Henry F Powe was found gunned down G Gilleland rode hard Am away

Am So the boy's dragged out the yearling bull, branded murder on his C

hide

And January twenty on the mavericks other Am side

Then F they turned him loose to wonder like some C phantom of the Am

plains

In F Texas on the full of the moon his G legend still Am remains

(This last verse is slowed down)

Am Out on the lonesome ranges, in the silent mists of C dawn

The ghost steer comes a gliddin, then suddenly he's Am gone

Still F searchin for the cowboys that placed a C curse upon his Am

side

Doomed F to roam eternity, murder G branded on his Am hide