Six Thousand Miles Of Wire lyrics and chords

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Six Thousand Miles Of Wire
Recorded by Red Steagall
Written by Russell D. Steagall and Danny M. Steagall
 
C                                      F           C
When we first saw the plains there was nothing but grass
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No trees to block your line of sight
          F            C            G7           Am
You could get lost for days with no land mark to guide you
 F                   G7     F          G7        C
Especially ridin' at night  especially ridin' at night
 
                            F            C
Then Mr. Ab Blocker brought in the first herd
    F           C         G7
Not one of them wearin' a brand
   F            C              G7       Am
He took a small twig said this here's a *** 
      F               G7       F      G7       C
As he drew XIT in the sand  he drew XIT in the sand
 
Am            G7           F        C
Three million acres is our bosses domain
        F              C           G7
We were knights of the prairie for hire
        Am            G7             F             C
Then we fenced up the kingdom in the pastures with traps
     Dm           Em       G7
With six thousand miles of wire 
     Dm           G7       C
With six thousand miles of wire
 
                                 F   C
We branded those steers with the XIT iron
        F            C             G7
And the thousands he brought after that 
        F               C        G7         Am
When we turned them all loose no fencing to stop 'em
    F                    G7
The country was open and flat
    F           G7       C
The country was open and flat
 
Repeat #3
 
                            F             C
We hated the wire when they set the first post
   F         C          G7
No wide open country to ride
        F             C            G7         Am
But the stock doesn't drift so far now in the winter
        F                          G7
And the wild ones with no place to hide
F               G7          C
Slick ears have no place to hide
 
Repeat #3
 
          Dm           G7       C
There was six thousand miles of wire

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