Eddie Bond - The Legacy Of Buford Pusser

      The Legacy of Buford Pusser (Eddie Bond)
From the rare LP Walking Tall Sheriff Buford Pusser Talks with W.R. Morris, 1977

[Intro]
-- Riff, which will repeat throughout the song, after the A minor chords.
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[Verse 1]
C                  G
McNairy County was going down
     F                  G
When Buford Pusser came back to town.
        C                     G
But the no-good crowd came to meet their match
     F                    G                  Am
When Buford Pusser pinned on — the Sheriff’s Badge!

[Verse 2]
         C             G
He was a 6 foot 6 inch clean-up crew
       F                 G
And he had to do what he had to do
    C             G
All by himself he got on the case
   F                   G               Am
To make this Tennessee county a better place!

[Chorus]
Am                  F
Buford Pusser was a Tennessee stallion.
G                        Am
Just one man against the whole battalion.
     Am                    F
They laid him down but his legacy
G                   F          Am
Still lives on with you... and me

[Verse 3]
     C                        G
They put eight bullets in ol’ Buford’s frame
       F                  G
But he kept on coming for more of the same
       C                          G
He was stabbed seven times and he lost his wife
      F                  G               Am
Yeah, Buford Pusser paid one... terrible price

[Verse 4]
       C                      G
But he set an example for the town’s good men
       F                            G
And he blazed the path that they’re walking in
        C                       G
They’ll be all right because he took his stand
       F                 G        Am
Buford showed all how to be... a man.

[Chorus]
Am                  F
Buford Pusser was a Tennessee stallion.
G                        Am
Just one man against the whole battalion.
     Am                    F
They laid him down but his legacy
G                   F          Am
Still lives on with you... and me

G                   F          Am
Still lives on with you... and me

[Ending]
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