Johnny Horton Chords and Lyrics
- A Mansion You Stole
- All For the Love of a Girl
- North To Alaska
- Ole Slew Foot
- O'Leary's Cow
- Sink The Bismark
- The Sinking Of The Rueben James
- Whispering Pines
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A Mansion You Stole - Johnny Horton
[D]A mansion I own
Has [G]captured your [D]heart
You said it was [A]love, dear
But you lied from the [D]start ...[G] ...[D] [P]
I wanted true [D] love
But you [G]wanted my [D]gold; (you [G] wanted my [D]gold)
Someday you'll be [A]sorry
For the lies that you [D]told; ([G]lies you [D]told)
You've [D7]stolen my [G]heart
And you cheated on [D]me
But someday my [E]darlin'
I know that you'll [A]see ... [P]
A house without [D]love; (a [G]house without [D]love)
Can [G]make you so [D]cold; ([G]make you so [D]cold)
And you will be [A]lonely
In the mansion you [D]Stole; ([G]mansion you [D]stole)
Repeat last verse.
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All For the Love of a Girl - Johnny Horton
Play in a nice, slow "pick, strum, pick strum" technique
C F C
Well, today I'm so weary, today I'm so blue,
F C G
Sad and broken hearted and it's all because of you.
C F C
Life was so sweet dear, life was a song,
F C G C
Now you've gone and left men, oh where do I belong?
Chorus
C F C
And it's all for the love of a dear little girl,
C G
All for the love, that sets your heart in a whirl.
C F C
I'm a man who'd give his life and the joys of this world.
C G C
All for the love of a girl.
Repeat Chorus
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North To Alaska - Johnny Horton
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| ||C / / / | / / / / / |G7 / Dm7 / |C F C C7 |
| Big ||Sam left Se |- at - tle in the |year of nine -ty |two With |
| ||Geo.turned to| Sam with his |gold in his |hand, Said,|
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|F / / / |/ / / / /| / / C F |C / / C7 |
|George Pratt, his |part - ner and |broth - er Bil - ly |too; They |
|"Sam, you're a - |look - in' at a|lone - ly, lone -ly |man; I'd
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|F / / / | / / / / | / / / C F |C / / / |
|crossed the Yu - kon |Riv - er and | found the bo - nan - za|gold. Be-|
| trade all the gold___ thats bur - ied in this|land, For |
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| / / / F | C / / / /|G7 / / / Dm7 G7 | C F C / /|
|low that old White| Moun - tain, just a|lit-tle south-east of |Nome. Sam|
|one small band of | gold to place on |sweet little Jennys|hand Causea
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| / / / / / | / / / / / |G7 / Dm7 / | C F C C7|
|crossed the Ma - jes - tic |Moun-tains to the |Val-leys far be |-low He|
|man needs a |wom - an to |love him all the|time, Re|
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|F / / / / | / / / / /| / / C F | C / / C7 / |
|talked to his team of|hus-kies as he|mushed on through the |snow; With the|
|mem - ber, Sam, a |true love is | so hard to |find, I'd |
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|F / / / | / / / / / | / / / C F | C / / / |
|North-ern Lights a -|run - nin' wild in the |Land of the Mid-night|Sun, Yes|
|build for my |Jen - ny a |hon - ey moon |home, Be-
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| / / / F / |C / / / / |G7 / Dm7 G7 | C F C / |
|Sam Mc - Cord was a |might - y man in the |year of nine-teen |-one. |
|low that old White |Moun-tain just a |lit-tle S.East of |Nome."
Chorus:
| ||C / / / | / G7 C / | F / / / | / / / / |
| Where the||riv - er is |wind - in', big|nug - gets they're| find - in' |
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| C / / / / | / / / / | G7. . Dm7 G7 C / / / ||
| North To A - |las - ka, Go | north, the rush is | on ||
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Ole Slew Foot - Johnny Horton
[A] High on the mountain, tell me what you see
Bear tracks, bear tracks [D] lookin' back at [A] me
Better get your rifle boys, 'fore it's too late
'Cause a bear's got a little pig and [D] headed thru the [A] gate.
CHORUS
He's [E] big around the middle and he's [A] broad across the rump
Runnin' [E] ninety miles an hour takin' [A] thirty feet a jump
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been tree'd
Some folks say he looks a [D] lot like [A] me.
I saved up my mon' and I bought me some bees
And they started makin' honey way up in the trees
Cut down the tree but my honey's all gone
Ole Slew-Foot's done made himself at home.
CHORUS
Winter's comin' on and it's twenty below
And the river's froze over so where can he go
We'll chase him up the gulley then we'll run him in the well
We'll shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell.
CHORUS
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O'Leary's Cow - Johnny Horton
CHORUS #1
[C] Oc-to-ber eigh-teen [G] sev-en-ty [C] one
That's [F] when this great big [C] fire be-gun
The [F] win-dy cit-y was a [C] ball of flame
And [G] O'-Lear-y's cow was the [F] one to [C] blame.
The fire-men fought for days on end
They could fight the fire but they could-n't fight the wind
The wind fanned the flames and it start-ed a-gain
And no-body knew if it ever would end.
BRIDGE
She [F] kick-ed up her heels with-out a hint
[C] kick-ed the lan-tern o-ver and a-way she went
The [F] world could-n't help but [C] be a-maz-ed
How [G] one lit-tle cow start-ed [F] such a [C] blaze.
The rich and the poor were both a-like
Fight-in' and pray-in' for their life
Then at last the Lord look-ed down
And He sent a lit-tle rain to the win-dy town.
CHORUS
BRIDGE
The after-math was a sight to see
The loss of life and pro-per-ty
The peo-ple said it was a shame
But O'Lear'-y's cow still caught the blame.
CHORUS
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Sink The Bismark - Johnny Horton
Capo on first fret.
In [D] May of nine-teen for-ty one the [A] war had just be-[D] gun
The [G] Ger-mans had the big-gest ships that [D] had the big-gest guns
(D)
The Bis-marck was the fast-est ship that ever sail-ed the seas
On her decks were guns as big as steers and [A] shells as big as [D] trees.
Out of the cold and fog-gy night came the Brit-ish ship The Hood
And ever' British sea-man he knew and un-der-stood
They had to sink the Bis-marck the ter-ror of the seas
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees.
CHORUS #1
[D] We'll find that Ger-man bat-tle-ship that's [A] mak'in' such a [D] fuss
We got-ta sink the Bis-marck 'cause the [A] world de-pends on [D] us
[G]Hit the deck a-run-nin' boys and [D] spin those guns a-round
When we find the Bis-marck we [A] got-ta cut 'er [D] down.
The Hood found the Bis-marck and on that fa-tal day
The Bis-marck start-ed fir-in' fif-teen miles a-way
We got-ta sink the Bis-marck was the bat-tle sound
But when the smoke had clear-ed a-way the might-y Hood went down.
For six long days and wear-y nights they tried to find her trail
Church-hill told peo-ple put ever' ship a-sail
'Cause some-where on that o-cean I know she's got-ta be
We got-ta sink the Bis-marck to the bot-tom of the sea.
CHORUS #1
The fog was gone the sev-enth day an' they saw the mornin' sun
Ten hours a-way from home-land the Bis-marck made it's run
The Ad-miral of the Brit-ish fleet said turn those bows a-round
We found that Ger-man Bat-tle-ship and we gon-na cut 'er down.
The Brit-ish guns were aimed and the shells were com-in' fast
The first shell hit the Bis-marck they knew she could-n't last
That might-y Ger-man bat-tle-ship is just a mem-o-ry
Sink the Bis-marck was the bat-tle cry that shook the sev-en seas.
CHORUS #2
We found that Ger-man bat-tle-ship for mak'in' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bis-marck 'cause the world de-pends on us
We hit the deck a-run-nin' and we spun those guns a-round
Yea! we found that might-y Bis-marck and we had to cut 'er down.
CHORUS #2 (Last line)
Yea! we found that might-y Bis-marck and then we cut 'er down.
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The Sinking Of The Rueben James - Johnny Horton
INTRO:
[D] What were their names, tell me [G] what were their names?
Did [A7] you have a friend on the [D] good Reuben James?
[D] Have you heard of a ship called that [A7] good Reuben [D] James?
Manned by hard-fighting men both of [A7] honor and [D] fame
She flew the Stars and [D7] Stripes of the [G] Land of the [D] Free
But tonight she's in her [D*] grave at the [A7] bottom of the [D] sea.
CHORUS
[D] What were their names, tell me [G] what were their names?
Did [A7] you have a friend on the [D] good Reuben James?
Tell me, what were their names, [G] what were their names?
Did [A7] you have a friend on the [D] good Reuben James?
It was there in the dark of that uncertain night
That we waited for U-boats and waited for that fight
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared
And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.
CHORUS
Now, tonight there are lights in our country so bright
On the farms and the cities they're tellin' of that fight
And now our mighty battleships will sail the bounding main
And remember the men of the good Reuben James.
CHORUS
Note. From Johnny Horton Makes History - Columbia CS-8269
The REUBEN JAMES was the first American warship
lost in World War II, torpedoed by German U-boats on
October 31, 1941.
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Whispering Pines - Johnny Horton
The [D] snowflakes fall, it's winter's call
And [G] time just seems to [D] fly
Is it the loneli-[G] ness in me
That [D] makes me [A7] wanta [D] cry
My heart is sad like a mourning dove
That's [G] lost it's mate in [D] flight
Hear the cooin' of his [G] lonely heart
Through the [D] stillness [A7] of the [D] night.
CHORUS
Whisperin' [A7] Pines, Whisperin' Pines
[G] Tell me is it [D] so
Whisperin' [A7] Pines, Whisperin' Pines
[G] You're the one whwho [D] knows
My darlin's [A7] gone, oh, she's gone
And I [G] need your sym-pa-[D] thy
Whisperin' Pines
[G] Send my [D] baby [A7] back to [D] me.
See that squirrel up in the tree
His mate there on the ground
Hear their barking call of love
>From the happiness they've found
Is my love still my love?
Oh, this I've gotta know
Send a message by the wind
Because I love her so.
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