{"id":28097,"date":"2026-01-04T00:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28097"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:26:55","slug":"mr-custer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/mr-custer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Custer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Stevens<\/p>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-weight:900;\">MR. CUSTER\r\nAs recorded by Ray Stevens\r\n(From the 1969 Album GITARZAN)\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n     <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>                         <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>                           <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nThat famous day in history the men of the 7th Cavalry went riding on\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nAnd from\u2005the\u2005rear, a voice\u2005was heard\r\n  <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"G\">G<\/span>                                          <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"C\">C<\/span>\r\nA brave young man with\u2005a trembling word rang loud and clear\r\n           <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E\">E<\/span>\r\nWhat the...am I doin'\u205fhere?\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>                 <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dm\">Dm<\/span>             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\nPlease,\u205fMr.\u205fCuster, I don't\u205fwanna go\r\n                <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dm\">Dm<\/span>                    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\nHey, Mr.\u205fCuster, please don't make me go\r\n                 <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dm\">Dm<\/span>\r\nLet me tell you, I had a dream last night\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\nAbout the comin' fight\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dm\">Dm<\/span>\r\nSomebody yelled \"attack, attack\"\r\n    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>                    <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"E7\">E7<\/span>\r\nAnd there I stood with an arrow in my back\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>                 <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dm\">Dm<\/span>             <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\nPlease, Mr. Custer, I don't wanna go\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\n(Forward ho)\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\nNo, no, no, no\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dm\">Dm<\/span>                            <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\n Look at them bushes out there\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\nThey're moving\r\n<span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\nI bet there's an Injun behind every one of 'em\r\n               <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Dm\">Dm<\/span>\r\nHey, Mr. Custer\r\n                   <span class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" data-name=\"Am\">Am<\/span>\r\nYou mind if, uh, I be excused for the rest of the afternoon?\r\nAm\r\nHey, Charlie, duck your head\r\nDm                                    Am\r\nNo, you're a little late on that one, Charlie\r\nAm\r\nWhoo, I bet that smarts\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC                              G                          C\r\nThey were sure of victory, the men of the 7th Cavalry, as they rode on\r\nC\r\nAh, sing it out, troops\r\nC\r\nAgain from the rear, a voice was heard\r\n     G                                           C\r\nThat same brave voice with a trembling word rang loud and clear\r\n          E7\r\nWhat am I doin' here?\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nAm                 Dm             Am\r\nPlease, Mr. Custer, I don't wanna go\r\n                    Dm              Am\r\nListen, Mr. Custer, please, please, please don't make me go\r\n          Dm\r\nThere's a redskin a-waitin' out there\r\nAm\r\nFixin' to take my hair\r\nDm\r\nA coward I've been called\r\n       Am                      E7\r\n'Cause I don't want to wind up dead or bald, no\r\nAm                 Dm       Am\r\nPlease, Mr. Custer, I don't want to go\r\nAm\r\n(Forward ho)\r\nAm\r\nNo, no, no\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nDm                                      Am\r\nI wonder what the Injun word for friend is\r\nAm\r\nLet's see, friend\r\nAm\r\nKemo sabe, that's it, kemo sabe\r\n           Dm                      Am\r\nKemo sabe! Hey out there, kemo sabe!\r\nAm\r\nNo, that ain't it\r\n                    Dm\r\nLook at 'em out there\r\n                               Am\r\nRunnin' around like a bunch of wild Indians\r\n                              Dm\r\nThis ain't no time for jokin'<\/span><\/pre>\n<div class=\"vxv2A\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">X<\/span><\/div>\n<pre class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Stevens MR. CUSTER As recorded by Ray Stevens (From the 1969 Album GITARZAN) [Intro] Am { CHORUS } C G C That famous day in history the men of the 7th Cavalry went riding on C And from\u2005the\u2005rear, a voice\u2005was heard G C A brave young man with\u2005a trembling &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/mr-custer\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mr Custer<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28557,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28097\/revisions\/28557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}