Vigilante Man
By Woody Guthrie
Chords copied to all verses to version submitted by Thsams
This tab was found on woodychords.blogspot.com
This is played in Woody's standard way, some hammer-ons on using the middle finger on
the C and F chords.
Capo 2nd fret
Intro w/harp
C C C C F F F C F F C C G G C C
Verse 1
C
Have you seen that vigilante man?
F C
Have you seen that vigilante man?
F C
Have you seen that vigilante man?
G C
I been hearin' his name all over the land.
Verse 2
C
Well, what is a vigilante man?
F C
Tell me, what is a vigilante man?
F C
Has he got a gun and a club in his hand?
G C
Is that a vigilante man?
Verse 3
C
Rainy night down in the engine house,
F C
Sleepin' just as still as a mouse,
F C
Man come along an' he chased us out in the rain.
G C
Was that a vigilante man?
Verse 4
C
Stormy days we passed the time away,
F C
Sleepin' in some good warm place.
F C
Man come along an' we give him a little race.
G C
Was that a vigilante man?
Verse 5
C
Preacher Casey was just a workin' man,
F C
And he said, "Unite all you working men."
F C
Killed him in the river some strange man.
G C
Was that a vigilante man?
Verse 6
C
Oh, why does a vigilante man,
F C
Why does a vigilante man
F C
Carry that sawed-off shot-gun in his hand?
G C
Would he shoot his brother and sister down?
Verse 7
C
I rambled 'round from town to town,
F C
I rambled 'round from town to town,
F C
And they herded us around like a wild herd of cattle.
G C
Was that the vigilante men?
Verse 8
C
Have you seen that vigilante man?
F C
Have you seen that vigilante man?
F C
I've heard his name all over this land.
G C
Was that the vigilante men?
