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Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
C

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Belle Starr, Belle Starr,
F
F

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tell me where you have gone
G
G

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Since old Oklahoma's sand
C
C

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hills you did roam?

Is it heaven's wide streets
F
F

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that you're ty ing your reins
G
G

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C
C

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Or single footing somewhere below?
Verse 2
C
C

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Eight lovers they say combed
F
F

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your waving black hair
G
G

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Eight men knew the feel
C
C

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of your dark velvet waist

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F
F

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of your tan leather skirt
G
G

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Eight men heard the bark of the
C
C

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guns that you wore
Verse 3
F
F

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Cole Younger was your first and the

father of your girl
G
G

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And the name that you picked
C
C

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for your daughter was Pearl

Cole robbed a bank and he
F
F

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drawed the life line
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G

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But I heard he was pardoned
C
C

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after twenty years time
Verse 4
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C

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Your Cherokee lover,
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F

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Blue Duck was his name
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G

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He loved you in the sand hills
C
C

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before your great fame
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G

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F
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I heard he stopped a bullet in 1885
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G

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C
C

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And your Blue Duck's no longer alive
Verse 5
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C

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You took Jim Reed to your
F
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warm wedding bed
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G

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And from out of your love
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C

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was born the boy, Ed

A pal killed Jim Reed by the
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F

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dark of the moon
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G

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And your son Ed was blowed down

in a drunken saloon
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C

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Verse 6

Then there was Bob Younger,
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you loved him so well
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G

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He rode with the James Boys
C
C

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out on the long trail

Well, they caught him in Minnesota
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along with the gang
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And he died down in jail
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C

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in the cell or the chain
Verse 7
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C

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You loved Mr. William
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G

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Clarke Quantrill

And his Civil War guerrillas
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C

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in the Missouri hills

He hit Lawrence,
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Kansas and fought them still
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G

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And when he rode out,
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C

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two hundred lay killed
Verse 8
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They say you could have, they

whispered you might
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G

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Have loved Frank James on
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C

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a couple of nights

He fought the Midland Railroad
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F

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almost to death
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G

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Then in 1915 Frank drawed
C
C

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his last breath
Verse 9
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They say it could be, they

say maybe so
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G

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That you loved Jesse James,

that desperado
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C

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F
F

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Jesse got married, had a wife and a son
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G

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Was shot down at home by
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C

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the Ford brothers' guns
Verse 10
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Belle Starr, Belle Starr, your

time's getting late
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G

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But how is Jim Younger,
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did you hear his fate?

He was jailed and then pardoned
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F

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for all he had done
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G

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And he blowed out his own brains
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C

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in nineteen and one
Verse 11
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C

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Eight men they say combed that
F
F

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waving black hair
G
G

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Eight men knew the feel of your
C
C

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dark velvet waist

Eight men heard the sounds
F
F

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of your tan leather skirt
G
G

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Eight men heard the bark of the
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guns that you wore
Verse 12
C
C

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Belle Starr, Belle Starr,
F
F

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tell me where you have gone
G
G

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Since old Oklahoma's sand
C
C

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hills you did roam?

Is it heaven's wide streets
F
F

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that you're ty ing your reins
G
G

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C
C

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Or single footing somewhere below?

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Belle Starr by Pete Seeger is C major.

The primary chords used in Belle Starr are C, F, G.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, F, G, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Belle Starr is approximately 57 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Belle Starr using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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