(WHISKEY FOR MY MEN) BEER FOR MY HORSES by Toby Keith 
Standard tuning EADGBE 
 
capo 3rd Fret 
Transcribed by joetormala 

verse 1 
G                  C              G 
Well a man come on the 6 o’clock news, 
G                     D                   G 
Said somebody’s been shot, somebody’s been abused, 
G 
Somebody blew up a building, 
C                G 
Somebody stole a car, 
G 
Somebody got away. 
D                        G           
Somebody didn’t get too far…yeah 
C          D         G 
They didn’t get too far. 

verse 2 
G                       C               G 
Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son; 
G                    D                    G 
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done. 
G 
Take all the rope in Texas, 
C                      G 
Find a tall oak tree, round up all them bad boys, 
D                       G 
Hang them high in the street. 
C         D          G 
For all the world to see. 

Chorus 
D                      C                    G 
Justice is the one thing you should always find. 
C                         G 
You got to saddle up your boys. 
D                      G 
You got to draw a hard line. 
D                         C                      G 
When the gun smoke settles, we’ll sing a victory tune. 
C            G        D             G 
We’ll all meet back at the local saloon. 
G                       C                  G 
We’ll raise up our glasses against evil forces. 
G                    F        C            G 
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses. 

verse 3 
G                     C                G 
We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds. 
D                             G 
We got too much corruption, too much crime in the streets. 
G                         C                            G 
It’s time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground. 
G                           D                     G 
Send em’ all to their maker and he’ll settle em’ down. 
D               G 
You can bet, he’ll set em’ down- Cause, 

Chorus 
D                        C                 G 
Justice is the one thing you should always find. 
C                         G 
You got to saddle up your boys. 
D                       G 
You got to draw a hard line. 
D                         C                       G 
When the gun smoke settles, we’ll sing a victory tune. 
C             G       D             G 
We’ll all meet back at the local saloon. 
G                       C                  G 
We’ll raise up our glasses against evil forces. 
G                      F     C             G 
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses. 
F                   C               G 
Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses. 

OUTRO 
D                       C                   G 
Justice is the one thing you should always find. 
C                         G 
You got to saddle up your boys. 
D                       G 
You got to draw a hard line. 
D                          C                      G 
When the gun smoke settles, we’ll sing a victory tune. 
C               G    D             G 
We’ll all meet back at the local saloon. 
G                       C                   G 
We’ll raise up our glasses against evil forces. 
G                      F     C             G 
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses. 
F                   C               G 
Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses.