Key: A major
Verse 1
G
D
G
The blood
C
on my sheets
G
C
has soaked through the bandage
G
That they wrapped around
Am
D
some stitches in my side
G
C
But these old country doctors
G
C
have come to expect it
A
From the cowboys that come
D
here once a year to ride
G
C
Now starin' at the ceilin',
G
C
I'm tryin' to get my senses
G
But I can't recall too
Am
D
much of yesterday
G
C
Except for some cussin'
G
C
at that bull we call Chisum
G
D
As they turned us out of chute
G
number three
Verse 2
C
Chisum (Chisum), Chisum
D
(Chisum) you're a big bad son of a gun
Em
Your hide is tough and
it's been scarred
C
Where spurs have dug in deep,
D
but never hung
G
C
Chisum, you're the only reason
G
C
that I keep on ridin'
G
D
And I'll ride you before my
G
ridin'sdone
Interlude 1
G
D
G
Verse 3
G
C
Someone's brought the paper,
G
C
and I'm starin' unbelievin'
G
At the story that's laid out
Am
D
before my eyes
G
C
It talks about you Chisum,
G
C
how they brought you up from Texas
A
And the cowboy that made
D
a valiant seven- second ride
G
C
It mentions how you broke your leg when
G
C
we went down together
G
Am
D
And it talks about your horn in my side
G
C
But it's goin' on to say
G
they had to put you away
C
G
But it don't tell about
D
G
the tears in my eyes
Verse 4
C
Chisum (Chisum), Chisum (Chisum) well I love you,
D
you son of a gun
Em
Your hide was tough and it was scarred
C
Well, my spurs have dug in deep,
D
but never hung
G
C
G
Chisum, I tell you all my ridin'
C
days are over
G
'Cause after you there's
D
G
nothin' left to ride
Verse 5
C
Chisum (Chisum), Chisum
D
(Chisum) you're a big bad son of a gun
Em
Your hide was tough and
it was scarred
C
Where spurs have dug in deep,
D
but never hung
G
C
G
Chisum, I tell you all my ridin'
C
days are over
G
'Cause after you there's
D
G
nothin' left to ride
Verse 6
C
Chisum (Chisum), Chisum (Chisum)
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