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