The Jim Bridger Story Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Once there [E]was a mountain man
[G#]who [E]couldn't w[Am]rite his name
Yet he de[A]serves the [Am]front row [A]seat
in [Dm]His t[D]ory's Hall of Fame
[Dm]He forgo[Am]t more about the Indians
than [Dm]we will e[D]ver kn[Dm]ow
He [Am]spoke the language of the Sioux the
Black [G#]Foot and [Am]the C[A]row
[G#](Let's drink

[Verse 2]
to old [A]Jim Bridger yes
lift [G#]your [E]glasses high)
As long as there's the USA don't
let his [A]memory die
(That he was [G#]mak i[A]ng his[G#]tory never
once occurred [A]to [D]him)
[E]But I doubt if we'd been here if it weren't
[G#]for men like Jim
[Am]

[Verse 3]
[ ac.guitar ]
He spoke with [E]General [Am]Custer
and said listen Yellow Hair
The Sioux [E]are the great [A]na [Am]tion[A]
so [D]treat 'em fair and [Dm]square
[A]Sit [Am]in on their war councils,
[A]don't laugh away [D]their [Dm]pride[E]
But [Am]Custer didn't listen at Little Big
Horn Custer [G#]died

[Verse 4]
[G#](Let's drink to old [A]Jim [E]Bridger yes
[A]lift [E]your [A]glasses [E]high)
As long as there's the USA don't
let his memory [A]die
(That he was making history never
once oc[G#]curred [E]to [D]him)
But I [E]doubt if we'd been here if it weren't
for [G#]men [E]like Jim
[Am]

[Verse 5]
[ ac.guitar ]
There's poems [E]and there's legends
that tell [G#]of Carson's fa[Am]me
Yet compared to Jim Bridger Kit
was [Dm]civilized and [D]tame[A]
These words are [Am]straight from Carson's
lips if you [A]place that story by [C#]him[A]
If [Am]there's a man who knows this God
[E]forsaken land [Am]it's [A]Jim

[Verse 6]
[A](Let's drink [G#]to ol[A]d Jim Bridger yes
lift your [E]glasses high)
As long as there's the USA don't
let his memory [A]die[Am]
[A](That he was making history never
once [G#]occurred [C#]to h[D]im)
But I doubt [E]if we'd been here if it

[Outro 1]
weren't for men like Jim
[G#][E][Am]