The Land Where Cedars Grow
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: AmCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
Am
Am G Am
When I come from Ireland, I was but seventeen
F G Am
Half grown half starved I
Am C G Am
This country was Wilder than I’ve ever seen
F G Am
And I was full of try
[Chorus]
F C G Am
The land she shown like a brand new dime
F C E7
Bright like a fires glow
Am C G Am
She shown bright when I headed west
F G Am
To the land where Cedars grow
[Verse]
Am G Am
I went to workin’ for a freight haulin’ man
F G Am
Lord that man was mean
Am G Am
Freighted into Texas in the red dirt land
F E7 Am
There was never a hint of green
F C G C
But Goodnight was hiring to trail his heard
F G E7
So I took his wages oh...
Am C G Am
Found myself horseback and headed west
F E7 Am
To the land where Cedars grow
[Verse]
Am G Am
We drove them herds through burning sun
F G
through wind and freezing rain
Am G Am
A thousand miles before we were done
F G Am
Out on the northern plane
F C G C
I drew my pay and headed for town.
F G E7
Where the whiskey flows
Am C G Am
Got to drinking hard and I went to the bad
F G Am
In the land where Cedars grow
[Verse]
Am G Am
One winters morn I was drunk and broke
F G Am
That’s where she came un-done
Am G Am
I robbed a coach on the Bannock Road
F G Am
And I never even fired my gun
F C G C
The very next week I done her again
F E7
But the driver he was slow
Am C G Am
I shut him down and I went on the run.
F G Am
In the land where Cedars grow.
[Verse]
Am
To shake the devil’s hand,
G Am
you must follow him to hell
F G Am
And look him in the eye
Am G Am
Before it was over, he knew me well
F G Am
and his brand was on my mind
F C G C
The deputies found me one rainy night
F G E7
Surprised me on the road
Am G Am
A bullet in my leg that finally brought me down
F G Am
in the land where Cedars grow
[Verse]
Am G Am
Locked me up in jail they cut off my leg
F G Am
And I’m only twenty-three
Am G Am
I hear the devil laughing down below
F G Am
For heaven will never see me
F C G C
They’ll hang me tomorrow for what I’ve done
F G E7
And when the sun sets low
Am C G Am
I’ll step off to eternity
F G Am
In the land where Cedars grow
[Chorus]
F C G Am
The land she shown like a brand new dime
F C E7
Bright like a fires glow
Am C G Am
She shown bright when I headed west
F G Am
To the land where Cedars grow
Ending:
Am C G Am
She shown bright when I headed west
F G Am
To the land where Cedars grow
How to play The Land Where Cedars Grow
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.