Key: Gb major•
Verse 1
The Mills Brothers
Peaked at # 7 in 1947
Competing versions charted by Stan
Verse 2
from the Alamo
Lived a pinto pony and a Navajo
C#
D#
C#
Who sang a sort of Indian "Hi- de- ho"
G#m
C#
F#
C#
To the people passin' by
F#
The pinto spent his time a- swishin' flies
Verse 3
D#m
C#
F#
C#
And very rarely did they ever rest their eyes
G#m
C#
F#
On the people passin' by
Verse 4
B
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F#
the railroad track
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G#
They were swishin' not a- lookin' Toot! Toot!,
Verse 5
F#
D#m
Oh, across the alley from the Alamo
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When the summer sun decides to settle low
G#m
F#
C#
To the people passing by
F#
Verse 6
Across the alley from the Alamo
Lived a pinto pony and a Navajo
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C#
Who used to bake frijoles
in cornmeal dough
G#m
C#
F#
For the people passing by
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F#
They thought that they would make
Verse 7
F#
some easy bucks
By washin' their frijoles in Duz and Lux,
G#m
C#
F#
To the people passin' by
Verse 8
B
F#
Then they took this cheap va cation,
B
C#
F#
their shoes were pol ished bright
D#m
G#
No, they never heard the whistle,
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C#
Toot! Toot! they're clear out of sight
Verse 9
from
the Alamo
When the starlight beams its tender glow
there ain't no dough
G#m
C#
F#
For the people passin' by
Verse 10
B
F#
One day, they went a walkin'
along the railroad track
G#
D#m
F#
G#
They were swishin' not a- lookin' Toot! Toot!,
Verse 11
the alley from the Alamo
When the summer sun decides to settle low
G#m
C#
F#
To the people passin' by
G#m
C#
Across the alley
Verse 12
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