Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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B
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G#m
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B
E
A
F#m
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E
C#m
B
Verse 1
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Boney bones,
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is what they called my sweetheart (boney bones)
Boney bones, my darling she was
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called (boney bones)
Boney bones, because she had no meat
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on (had no meat on)
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Boney bones, was the only name
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she owned (boney bones)
Verse 2
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Now one night while I was
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courtin' Boney
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Some rustling outlaws we did see
That's when Boney
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jumped upon her pony
And scared those rustlers
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from the territory
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E
Verse 3
Boney bones now became a
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hero (boney bones)
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Boney bones, the hero of the town
(boney bones)
Boney bones, the girl who had no meat
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B
G#m
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on (had no meat on)
B
Boney bones,
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the bravest girl around (boney bones)
Verse 4
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B
Now the mayor of the city then decided
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That he'd declare a holiday
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He told the people they were all invited
To make that day a place so joyous an
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d gay
Interlude 1
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C#m
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E
A
E
B
C#m
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Verse 5
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E
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Now the night before the celebration
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A
A very light wind did hit the town
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E
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In the morning with all the ruination
Boney bones was nowhere
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to be found
Verse 6
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B
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"Boney bones!" I
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kept on calling
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B
E
"Boney bones"
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B
where can you be?
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Boney bones, she had no meat on
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Boney bones, come back to
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me (boney bones)
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