Murder Steer
Ian Tyson
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Am Come all ye brave cow punchers,Dm wherever you may beAm My tale is of the nineties, whenAm the west was wild and freeG South Texas Brewster county, andE7 Am early work was a goin' onG Three thousand head of cattle,E7 Am thrown together in the dawnAm Now the biggest outfits of thatDm time were Wentworth and DuboisAm Their rep was a man namedDm Gilleland sent to represent their lawG A man of pride and arrogance, he'sAm oft described that wayG And he set the wheels in motion forE7 Am the horror of that dayAm Now on that day a yearling bullDm was claimed by Henry PoghContinues after the adAm And the roundup boss agreed, saidDm with Henry he should goG Fine Gilleland loped over and criedAm produce the mama cowG Or you'll play hell a takin her andE7 Am we'll settle her here and nowAm When Henry Pogh and Gilleland metDm in the center of the herdAm Tragedy was near at hand though noDm one could hear their wordsG But when the dust had settled onAm that January dayG Henry Pogh was found gunned down;E7 Am Gilleland rode hard awayAm So the boys dragged out theDm yearling bull, branded murder on his hideAm And January twenty on theDm maverick's other sideG Then they turned him loose toAm wander like some phantom of the plainsG In Texas on the full of the moonE7 Am his legend still remains (This last verse is slowed down)F Out on the lonesome ranges, in theC silent mists of dawnF The ghost steer comes a glidin',C then suddenly he's goneF Still searchin' for the cowboysAm that placed a curse upon his hideDm Doomed to roam eternity, murderE7 Am branded on his hide
