Bald Butte chords by Colter Wall
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Intro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(C major)
Verse 1
(C major) Bald Butte, Bald Butte,
so lofty and so high
(F major) Carry me to Bald Butte
Where the plains (C major) wrap 'round the sky
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Verse 2
(C major)
You can dig a (G major) hole on Bald
Butte (C major) when I die
Verse 3
(C major)
Henry was born on Bald Butte
A paint horse, he did ride
Well, he (F major) roped him in Alberta
Broke him on the Montana line (C major)
Verse 4
(C major)
Tore (G major) him a trail through the
Northwest countryside
(C major)
Verse 5
Henry took to stealing
Robbing on the CP Rail
He got the (F major) devil on his shoulders
And the law man on his tail (C major)
Verse 6
(C major)
You better ride, (G major) Henry ride (E minor) (G major)
You ain't got no friends
to go your bail (C major)
Verse 7
(C major)
Well, he rode across the Grey Back camp
Up in Cypress Hills
They said they (F major) left the US nation
On the day that Richmond fell (C major)
Verse 8
(C major)
They whistled (G major) Dixie and set
him up a still (C major)
Verse 9
(C major)
Henry woke the next morn'
Like a corpse from the grave
Half- blind (F major) and twice as haggard
He took a cast iron to the brain (C major)
Verse 10
(C major)
They stole (G major) his horse and
the rifle that shared his name (C major)
Verse 11
(C major)
And he tracked them former
Johnny Reb's
Through the prairie and the trees
Up (F major) old Castle Mountain
'Cross the river Wapiti
(C major)
Verse 12
Low (G major) and behold,
what do you think he sees? (C major)
Verse 13
(C major)
I see my paint
I see my rifle (F major) that shares my name (C major)
I see them men (G major) that done
me wrong (E minor) (G major)
Lord, I'm gonna do them
just the same (C major)
Verse 14
(C major)
Henry grabbed his rifle
Up off of the ground
He kissed (F major) the ever- loving barrel
And he shot them old boys down (C major)
Verse 15
(C major)
They hit (G major) the dirt,
he reveled (C major) in (G major) the sound (C major)
Verse 16
(C major)
Now he's back up in the saddle
Back up on the top
When he felt (F major) that southern slug
Chew a hole right through his gut (C major)
Verse 17
(C major)
He (G major) thought he killed them all
But he had (C major) not
Verse 18
(C major)
That paint took off a running
Through the water and the mud
No (F major) earthly force in this whole world
Could stop that Berta stud (C major)
Verse 19
(C major)
Henry (G major) sat there (C major) laughing (G major) up his blood (C major)
And he was singing (C major)
(C major)
Verse 20
Bald Butte, Bald Butte,
so lofty and so high
Carry me to Bald Butte
Where the plains wrap
Verse 21
'round the sky
You can dig a hole on Bald Butte when I die
Bald Butte
Colter Wall
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