Cowboys and Indians

Joshua James

Key of G · Chords: I IV V vi

Verse 1

by, Joshua James

Verse 2

Here's the little solo that he throws in occasionally:

Verse 3

         G                D       G
Well let the indians ride and the cowboys drink
        G                D     G
Let 'em drown themselves 'till they cannot see
        G                D              G
Let 'em shoot their guns towards the sky
               G                      D     G
And when their god comes down they'll kneel and cry

Verse 4

         G                D       G
Well let the indians ride and the cowboys drink
        G                      D    G
Let 'em drown themselves 'till they cannot see
        G                D           G
Let 'em shoot their guns towards the sky
         G                    D       G
And when their god comes down they'll kneel and cry

Verse 5

               C                 D7        G
They'll say it wasn't me my Lord that shot the men
          D                     G
It wasn't me my lord that burnt the land
        C                D7     G
Look at me my lord, well here I stand
              D
The Good Book in hand
                      G
It wasn't me it was a brown man

Verse 6

         G                D           G
Give the indians love and the cowboys death
          G                    D               G
Steal all their clothes, their food, take away their breath
             G           D         G
Long lasting pain cannot supplement
    G                       D   G
All the deaths, hate, rape, and impoverishment

Verse 7

               C                 D7        G
They'll say it wasn't me my Lord that shot them down
              D               G
And when they hit the dirt, I didn't hear a sound
       C                  D         G
Please take me my Lord, I should be heaven bound
D

I'm white not brown?

                 G        D G  D G
I can't stand to hear the sound

Verse 8

Lord burn the church and burn the friar
Don't let the clouds move in, just let the flames grow higher
     ???             make so much sense?
Lord  this earth and
But grant the righteous their recompense

Verse 9

It was all of us lord, we're to blame
      ..... hands?
Since  have been so unashamed
Leave our souls to burn down with the flames
Until we change, we haven't changed
Until we change, we'll never change
So like this we'll remain

Verse 10

Em      C                G
Let the cowboys burn the houses
Em            C           G
Let them burn them to the earth
Em        C            G
Let those cowboys burn in ashes
D

Verse 11

It was all of us Lord, we're to blame
      ..... hands?
Since  have been so unashamed
Leave our souls to burn here in the flames
Until we change, we haven't changed
Until we change, we'll never change
And so like this we'll remain