Oil And Cattle
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Brett Kissel feat. George Canyon, Don Amero & Brad Johner
(From the 2023 Album THE COMPASS PROJECT - WEST ALBUM)
[Intro]
C Am Dm G C G
[Verse 1]
C
I come from a land of oil and cattle
F C
Hard work, blood, sweat, and tears
C
My grandpa's grandpa, first broke the land
D G
That's been ours for one hundred years
F C
The Feds tried to break us, and the bank tried to take us
F D7
But somehow we stayed in the saddle
C Am G C F C G
Yeah, I'm proud to be from a land of oil and cattle
[Verse 2]
C
I come from a land of wide open prairie
F C
Blue skies and wheat fields of gold
G/B Am7
They call 'em the flatlands, but to me is the heartland
D7 G
The best place that I've ever known
F C
I don't have much cash, but I ain't a poor man
F D7
God, don't give me more than I can carry
C Am D G C G
Yeah, I'm proud to be from a land of wide open prairie
[Fiddle Solo]
C F C G/B Am7
D7 G
[Lap Steel Solo]
F C F D7 C Am Dm
G C A
[Verse 3]
D Bm A
I come from a land at the foot of the Rockies
G A D
Where the eagle protects the sky
A/C# Bm
I fished these rivers when I was a child
E7 A
And I still do as the traffic drives by
G D
Now fire took the jack pines but few fought off the coal mines
G E7
The government tried but can't stop me
D Bm Em A D G D A7
I'm proud to be from a land at the foot of the Rockies
[Verse 4]
D A/C# Bm
I come from a land under one sun
G A D
Where my people, at one time, lived free
A/C# Bm
Before there was oil and fences for cattle
E7 A
Mother Nature owned all you could see
G D
The settlers came, and though we were brave
G E7
The healing has not yet begun
D Bm Em A D
I'll find my place again in this land under one sun
[Outro]
D Bm Em A G D
We'll find our place again in this land under one sun
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