The Land Where Cedars Grow Chords by Dave Stamey
Tempo:
109.3 bpm
Chords used:
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C
D
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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When I come from Ireland [Am] I was but [Em] seventeen, [C] half [D] grown, half [Em] starved I.
And this country was [Am] wilder than [Em] I'd ever dreamed, [G] and [D] I was full [Em] of pride.
[C] The [G] land she shone [D] like a brand new dime, [C] bright like a [B] fire glows.
[Em]
She shone brightest [Am] when I headed west, [C] to the [D] land where [Em] cedars grow.
I went to workin' for a great hollin' man, [C] God [D] that man [Em] was mean.
He was freighted into [Am] Texas, a red [Em] dirt land, [C] with [D] never a hint of [Em] green.
But [G] good night was higher [D] in the [E] trail he'd heard, [C] so I took [A] a new [B] age's oar.
[Em] And found myself a [Am] horseback, and [Em] headed for [C] the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
He drove them herds [Am] through [Em] burnin' sun, [C] through [D] wind and [Em] freeze and rain.
A [G]
thousand [Am] miles before [Em] we were done, [C] out [D] on them [Em] northern plains.
[C] And I took [G] my pay, [D] and I headed [Em] for a town [C]
[G] where the whiskey [B] flows.
[Em] And I got to drinkin', and [Am] I went to [Em] the bed, [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
One winter's mornin' [Am] drunkin' [G] in broke, [C] that's where she [D] came [Em] undone.
I robbed a coach on [Am] the Bannock Road, [Em] and I [C] never [D] even [Em] fired my gun.
And the very next [G] week I'd [D] done [G] her again, but the [C] [D] driver he [B] was slow.
[Em] I shot him down, and I [Am] went on the run, [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
To shake the devil's hand, you [Am] must follow him [C] to hell, and look him [Em] in the eye.
Before it was [Am] over he knowed me well, [C] and his [D] brand was on [Em] my hide.
[C] The [G] deputies found [D] me one [Em] rainy night, [C] [G] surprised me on [B] the road.
[Em] A bullet in my leg, [Am] they finally brought [Em] me down, in [C] the land [D] where cedars [Em] grow.
They threw me in jail, [Am] they cut [Em] off me leg, and [C] I'm only [D] twenty [Em]-three.
I hear the devil laughing [Am] from down [Em] below, [C] for heaven will never [Em] see me.
[C] And they'll hang me tomorrow [D] for what I done, [C] and in [G] the [B] sunsets glow.
[Em] I'll step off to [Am] eternity, [Em] [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
And [C] the land she [G] shone like [D] a [E] brand new dime, [C] bright like [G] a fire [B] glow.
[Em] She shone brightest [Am] when I headed [Em] west, [C] to the land [D] where cedars [B] grow.
[E] [Em]
And this country was [Am] wilder than [Em] I'd ever dreamed, [G] and [D] I was full [Em] of pride.
[C] The [G] land she shone [D] like a brand new dime, [C] bright like a [B] fire glows.
[Em]
She shone brightest [Am] when I headed west, [C] to the [D] land where [Em] cedars grow.
I went to workin' for a great hollin' man, [C] God [D] that man [Em] was mean.
He was freighted into [Am] Texas, a red [Em] dirt land, [C] with [D] never a hint of [Em] green.
But [G] good night was higher [D] in the [E] trail he'd heard, [C] so I took [A] a new [B] age's oar.
[Em] And found myself a [Am] horseback, and [Em] headed for [C] the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
He drove them herds [Am] through [Em] burnin' sun, [C] through [D] wind and [Em] freeze and rain.
A [G]
thousand [Am] miles before [Em] we were done, [C] out [D] on them [Em] northern plains.
[C] And I took [G] my pay, [D] and I headed [Em] for a town [C]
[G] where the whiskey [B] flows.
[Em] And I got to drinkin', and [Am] I went to [Em] the bed, [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
One winter's mornin' [Am] drunkin' [G] in broke, [C] that's where she [D] came [Em] undone.
I robbed a coach on [Am] the Bannock Road, [Em] and I [C] never [D] even [Em] fired my gun.
And the very next [G] week I'd [D] done [G] her again, but the [C] [D] driver he [B] was slow.
[Em] I shot him down, and I [Am] went on the run, [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
To shake the devil's hand, you [Am] must follow him [C] to hell, and look him [Em] in the eye.
Before it was [Am] over he knowed me well, [C] and his [D] brand was on [Em] my hide.
[C] The [G] deputies found [D] me one [Em] rainy night, [C] [G] surprised me on [B] the road.
[Em] A bullet in my leg, [Am] they finally brought [Em] me down, in [C] the land [D] where cedars [Em] grow.
They threw me in jail, [Am] they cut [Em] off me leg, and [C] I'm only [D] twenty [Em]-three.
I hear the devil laughing [Am] from down [Em] below, [C] for heaven will never [Em] see me.
[C] And they'll hang me tomorrow [D] for what I done, [C] and in [G] the [B] sunsets glow.
[Em] I'll step off to [Am] eternity, [Em] [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
And [C] the land she [G] shone like [D] a [E] brand new dime, [C] bright like [G] a fire [B] glow.
[Em] She shone brightest [Am] when I headed [Em] west, [C] to the land [D] where cedars [B] grow.
[E] [Em]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When I come from Ireland [Am] I was but [Em] seventeen, [C] half [D] grown, half [Em] starved I.
_ And this country was [Am] wilder than [Em] I'd ever dreamed, [G] and [D] I was full [Em] of pride.
_ [C] The [G] land she shone [D] like a brand new dime, [C] bright like a [B] fire _ glows.
[Em] _
She shone brightest [Am] when I headed west, [C] to the [D] land where [Em] cedars grow. _ _ _ _
_ _ I went to workin' for a great hollin' man, [C] God [D] that man [Em] was mean.
He was freighted into [Am] Texas, a red [Em] dirt land, [C] with [D] never a hint of [Em] green.
But [G] good night was higher [D] in the [E] trail he'd heard, [C] so I took [A] a new [B] age's oar.
[Em] And found myself a [Am] horseback, and [Em] headed for [C] the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ He drove them herds [Am] through [Em] burnin' sun, [C] through [D] wind and [Em] freeze and rain.
A [G] _
thousand [Am] miles before [Em] we were done, [C] out [D] on them [Em] northern plains.
[C] And I took [G] my pay, [D] and I headed [Em] for a town [C] _
[G] where the whiskey [B] flows.
_ [Em] And I got to drinkin', and [Am] I went to [Em] the bed, [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ One winter's mornin' [Am] drunkin' [G] in broke, [C] that's where she [D] came [Em] undone.
_ I robbed a coach on [Am] the Bannock Road, [Em] and I [C] never [D] even [Em] fired my gun. _
And the very next [G] week I'd [D] done [G] her again, but the [C] [D] driver he [B] was slow. _
_ [Em] I shot him down, and I [Am] went on the run, [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow. _
_ _ _ _ To shake the devil's hand, you [Am] must follow him [C] to hell, _ and look him [Em] in the eye.
_ Before it was [Am] over he knowed me well, [C] and his [D] brand was on [Em] my hide.
_ [C] The [G] deputies found [D] me one [Em] rainy night, [C] _ [G] surprised me on [B] the road.
[Em] A bullet in my leg, [Am] they finally brought [Em] me down, in [C] the land [D] where cedars [Em] grow.
_ _ _ _ _ They threw me in jail, [Am] they cut [Em] off me leg, and [C] I'm only [D] twenty [Em]-three.
I hear the devil laughing [Am] from down [Em] below, [C] for heaven will never [Em] see me.
_ [C] And they'll hang me tomorrow [D] for what I done, [C] and in [G] the [B] sunsets glow.
_ _ [Em] I'll step off to [Am] eternity, [Em] _ [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
_ And [C] the land she [G] shone like [D] a [E] brand new dime, [C] bright like [G] a fire [B] glow. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] She shone brightest _ [Am] when I headed [Em] west, [C] to the land [D] where _ cedars [B] grow.
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When I come from Ireland [Am] I was but [Em] seventeen, [C] half [D] grown, half [Em] starved I.
_ And this country was [Am] wilder than [Em] I'd ever dreamed, [G] and [D] I was full [Em] of pride.
_ [C] The [G] land she shone [D] like a brand new dime, [C] bright like a [B] fire _ glows.
[Em] _
She shone brightest [Am] when I headed west, [C] to the [D] land where [Em] cedars grow. _ _ _ _
_ _ I went to workin' for a great hollin' man, [C] God [D] that man [Em] was mean.
He was freighted into [Am] Texas, a red [Em] dirt land, [C] with [D] never a hint of [Em] green.
But [G] good night was higher [D] in the [E] trail he'd heard, [C] so I took [A] a new [B] age's oar.
[Em] And found myself a [Am] horseback, and [Em] headed for [C] the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ He drove them herds [Am] through [Em] burnin' sun, [C] through [D] wind and [Em] freeze and rain.
A [G] _
thousand [Am] miles before [Em] we were done, [C] out [D] on them [Em] northern plains.
[C] And I took [G] my pay, [D] and I headed [Em] for a town [C] _
[G] where the whiskey [B] flows.
_ [Em] And I got to drinkin', and [Am] I went to [Em] the bed, [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ One winter's mornin' [Am] drunkin' [G] in broke, [C] that's where she [D] came [Em] undone.
_ I robbed a coach on [Am] the Bannock Road, [Em] and I [C] never [D] even [Em] fired my gun. _
And the very next [G] week I'd [D] done [G] her again, but the [C] [D] driver he [B] was slow. _
_ [Em] I shot him down, and I [Am] went on the run, [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow. _
_ _ _ _ To shake the devil's hand, you [Am] must follow him [C] to hell, _ and look him [Em] in the eye.
_ Before it was [Am] over he knowed me well, [C] and his [D] brand was on [Em] my hide.
_ [C] The [G] deputies found [D] me one [Em] rainy night, [C] _ [G] surprised me on [B] the road.
[Em] A bullet in my leg, [Am] they finally brought [Em] me down, in [C] the land [D] where cedars [Em] grow.
_ _ _ _ _ They threw me in jail, [Am] they cut [Em] off me leg, and [C] I'm only [D] twenty [Em]-three.
I hear the devil laughing [Am] from down [Em] below, [C] for heaven will never [Em] see me.
_ [C] And they'll hang me tomorrow [D] for what I done, [C] and in [G] the [B] sunsets glow.
_ _ [Em] I'll step off to [Am] eternity, [Em] _ [C] in the land [D] where [Em] cedars grow.
_ And [C] the land she [G] shone like [D] a [E] brand new dime, [C] bright like [G] a fire [B] glow. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] She shone brightest _ [Am] when I headed [Em] west, [C] to the land [D] where _ cedars [B] grow.
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _