Six White Horses

Tommy Cash

Written by Larry Murray

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
Mmm some folks drink and some folks smoke

Verse 2

And some folks love and some folks don't

Verse 3

Some folks laugh and some folks frown

Verse 4

Folks hear then they gun you down
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Goodbye John  six white horses come to take you home
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Goodbye John  they took you away before you sang your song

Verse 5

Some preach wrong and some preach right

Verse 6

And some preach love and some preach fight

Verse 7

Takes every kind to make that world go round

Verse 8

Takes only one to gun you down
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Goodbye Martin  six white horses come to take you home
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Goodbye Reverend  they took you away before you sang your song

Verse 9

Some people stick pretty close to home

Verse 10

Others are born with that urge to roam

Verse 11

Welcome welcome to our town

Verse 12

Hope nobody tries to gun you down
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Goodbye Bobby  six white horses come to take you home
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Goodbye Robert  they took you away before you sang your song

Verse 13

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Goodbye John and goodbye Martin and goodbye Bobby
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Well they took you away before you sang your song