Oil And Cattle Chords

OIL AND CATTLE
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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