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