The Nightguards Lament chords
Swap ↔ or rotate ↻ the device
G C
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO TIMES WERE HARDER
G D
PUSHIN’ HORNS UP NORTH TO MEET THE TRAIN
G C
THE COWBOYS ON THE DRIVE THOUGHT THEY WERE LUCKY
G F
THEY HAD A JOB THAT PAID ‘EM CASH
Am D G
AND THEY ONLY HAD TO LAST, THROUGH THE PAIN
THE LONLIEST JOB OF ALL WAS THE NIGHTGUARD
THE COWS AND MOON AND STARS WERE HIS WHOLE WORLD
HE’D SING A SOFT REFRAIN TO THE CATTLE
BUT HE COULDN’T KEEP HIS MIND
FROM DREAMIN’ ALL THE TIME, OF HIS GIRL
CHORUS:
Em C G C
SOME OF HIS NIGHTS WERE EASY, WHEN THE WEATHER LEFT HIM ALONE
Em C G D
OTHER NIGHTS OF RAIN AND HAIL LEFT HIM FROZEN TO THE BONE
Em C
WHEN THE LIGHTNIN’ HIT AND THE CATTLE BROKE,
G C
LORD KNOWS THERE WAS HELL TO PAY
G F Am D
AND HE’D CHASE ‘EM DOWN ALL NIGHT, AND PRAY FOR THE LIGHT
G F Am D
OF THE DAY
SOMETIMES THE NIGHTGUARD DIDN’T MAKE IT
WHEN THE RIVER OR A LONGHORN TOOK HIS LIFE
AND GONE WERE HIS DREAMS OF THE FUTURE
OF GETTING’ OFF THE TRAIL, AND MAKIN’ THAT LITTLE GIRL, HIS WIFE
[Thanks to Jack Reid for tabs]