CUSTER
JOHNNY R. CASH
COMPOSER: PETER LAFARGE
ALBUM: BITTER TEARS: BALLADS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

1.
    G 
Now I will tell ya buster
       C
That I aint a fan of Custer's
        G                            D
And the general he dont ride well anymore
   G
To some he was a hero
       C  
But to me his score was zero
        G                D            G   
And the genereal he dont ride well anymore


2.
    G
Now custer done his fightin
    C
Without too much excitin
        G                            D
And the general he dont ride well anymore
        G
General Custer come in pumpin
         C
When the men were out a huntin
        G                D            G    
And the genereal he dont ride well anymore


With victories he was swimmin
He killed children dogs 'n' women
But the general he dont ride well anymore
Crazy Horse sent out to call
To Sitting Bull and gall
And the general he dont ride well anymore

Now Custer split his men
Well he wont do that again
Cause the general he dont ride well anymore
Twelve thousand warriors waited
They were unanticipated
And the general he dont ride weel anymore

Its not called an Indian victory
But a bloody massacre
And the general he dont ride well any more
There might have been more (infusion or enthusin?)
If us Indians had been losin
But the general he dont ride well anymore

General George A. Custer
Aw his yeller hair had luster
But the genereal he dont ride well anymore
Fore now the general's silent
He got barberes viloent?
And the genereal he dont ride well anymore

Aw the general he dont ride well anymore

(with laughter through the words) 







Additional Note: He sang it live with Buffy St. Marie, and I believe that he switches to the tonic 
chord quicker than he does on the original recording.
Like this:
    G 
Now I will tell ya buster
       C           (G)
That I aint a fan of Custer's