Vigilante Man Chords by Woody Guthrie

Tempo:
105.7 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

A

C

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Vigilante Man - Woody Guthrie chords
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[N]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[A] [D] Have you seen that vigilante
[G] [C] [G] [D]
man?
[G] [C]
[D] I've been hearing [A] his name all over [D] the land.
Well, what is a vigilante man?
Tell [G] me, what is a [D] vigilante man?
Has [G] he got a gun [D] and a [Gm] club [D] in his hand?
Is that [A] a [D] vigilante man?
Rainy night down in the Injun house,
[G]
[C] Sleeping [D] just as still as a mouse,
[G]
Man come along and he chased us [D] out in the rain,
Was that [A] a vigilante [D] man?
Stormy days we'd pass the time away,
[Gm] Sleeping in [D] some good warm place,
[G] Man come along and we'd give him [D] a little race,
Was that [A] a vigilante [D] man?
Preacher Casey was just a working man,
And [G] he said, unite all [D] you working men,
[G] Killed him [Am] in the river, [Dm] some [D] strange man,
Was that a vigilante man?
[G]
[D]
[A]
[D] [Dm] Oh, why does [D] a vigilante man,
[G] Why does [C] a [D] vigilante man,
[G] Carry that sawed-off shotgun in his [D] hand?
Would he [A] shoot his brother [D] and sister down?
I rambled around from town to town,
[G] I [C] rambled around from town [D] to town,
[G] And they herded [C] us around like a [D] wild herd of cattle,
Was that a vigilante man?
Have you seen that vigilante man?
Have you seen that vigilante man?
I've heard [A] his name all over the land.
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
C
3211
Gm
123111113
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
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To start learning Woody Guthrie - Vigilante Man chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - A, D, G, D, C, D, G and C in sequence. Start with a comfortable 53 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 106. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Major in mind.

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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Have you seen that vigilante _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [D]
man?
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ I've been hearing [A] his name all over [D] the land.
_ _ _ Well, what is a vigilante man?
Tell [G] me, what is a _ [D] vigilante man?
Has [G] he got a gun [D] and a [Gm] club [D] in his hand?
Is that [A] a [D] vigilante man?
_ _ _ _ Rainy night down in the Injun house,
_ _ _ [G] _
[C] Sleeping [D] just as still as a mouse,
[G]
Man come along and he chased us [D] out in the rain,
Was that [A] a vigilante [D] man? _ _
Stormy days we'd pass the time away, _
_ _ [Gm] Sleeping in [D] some good warm place,
[G] _ _ Man come along and we'd give him [D] a little race,
Was that [A] a vigilante [D] man?
_ _ _ Preacher Casey was just a working man,
_ And [G] he said, unite all [D] you working men,
[G] Killed him [Am] in the river, [Dm] some [D] strange man,
Was that a vigilante man? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] Oh, why does [D] a vigilante man,
_ _ [G] Why does [C] a [D] _ vigilante man,
[G] Carry that sawed-off shotgun in his [D] hand?
Would he [A] shoot his brother [D] and sister down?
_ _ I rambled around from town to town,
_ [G] I [C] rambled around from town [D] to town, _
_ _ [G] And they herded [C] us around like a [D] wild herd of cattle,
Was that a vigilante man?
_ Have you seen that vigilante man?
_ Have you seen that _ vigilante man?
I've heard [A] his name all over the land. _ _ _ _ _ _

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The album New York Town Blues includes this song, written by Woody Guthrie.

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