Key: D major
Intro 1
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G
F
Dm
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Dm
Verse 1
C
When
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Abilene was young and gay
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F
C
And thunder storms filled up the day
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C
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The cattle roamed outside the town
Verse 2
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Dm
Sleeping in the midday sun
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Dm
Sleeping in the midday sun
Verse 3
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G
F
C
Then tracks were lain across the plain
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F
By broken old men in torrid rains
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The towns grew up and the
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C
people were still
Verse 4
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Dm
Sleeping in the midday sun
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Dm
Sleeping in the midday sun
Verse 5
Eb
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Ab
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We all joined in and all joined hands
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Ab
All joined in to help run
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this land
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Then soldiers came, long long ago
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Rode through the town and rode
down those who were
Verse 6
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Dm
Sleeping in the midday sun
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Dm
Sleeping in the midday sun
Verse 7
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Gold came and went, quickly spent
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C
and often drowned
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In the wealth and pain of old Abilene
Verse 8
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Dm
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Sleeping in the midday sun
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Dm
C
Sleeping in the midday sun
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Dm
C
Sleeping in the midday sun
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Dm
C
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Dm
Sleeping in the midday sun
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