Cottonwood Tree chords by Marty Robbins
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Intro 1
(D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
I rode (D major) into Tucson three hours (A major) ago
for supplies and a short friendly game (D major)
Of poker while (A major) Smitty put some new
shoes on old Dan before he goes lame (D major)
I sat in a game at the Miner's (A major) Saloon
soon I had doubled my stake (D major)
The cards run like they'd been dealt by (A major)
Lady Luck they were just sealin' my fate (D major)
A (G major) young cowboy lost more than he (D major) could afford
and accused (G major) me of dealin' too smart (D major)
His (G major) draw was too slow and he fell (D major) to the
floor with three (A major) bullets close to the (D major) heart
Oh cottonwood (G major) tree are you waiting (F sharp minor) for
me (E minor) waiting to take (A major) me away (D major)
(G major) I've done no wrong but the town (D major) cannot
see and so (A major) with my life I must (D major) pay
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Verse 2
A crowd (D major) started gatherin' the sher (A major) iff
came in I handed him over my gun (D major)
Was then when I found out
the boy (A major) I had killed
Was the town's biggest man's only son (D major)
I tried to explain I had shot (A major) in defense it
was the young cowboy or me (D major)
The crowd wouldn't listen so they (A major) drug me out
to the limb of this cottonwood tree (D major)
Majestically standing out (A major) here all alone
it's spring and the valley is green (D major)
But I can't admire a place I (A major) don't
belong to me it's all like a bad dream (D major)
But (G major) old Dan's beneath me
with new (D major) shows and all
As (G major) they place the noose
round my neck (D major)
Cowboys (G major) I've never laid eyes (D major) on before
are tyin' (A major) my hands to my back (D major)
Oh cot (G major) tonwood tree...
Interlude 1
(F sharp minor) (E minor) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(A major) (D major)
Verse 3
I see hate (D major) in the eyes of the town's (A major) biggest
man as he pulls a branch from the tree (D major)
To whip the backside of my old (A major) pony Dan
so he'll run out from under me (D major)
Insane he won't listen to my (A major) last appeal
a wild grin has covered his face (D major)
As I tried to reason just how (A major) he would feel
if he were up here in my place (D major)
There's many a mountain trail (A major) I'll
never ride green valleys I'll never see (D major)
A young cowboy died and a man's (A major) foolish
pride brought me to this cottonwood tree (D major)
My face (G major) is turned upward and I (D major) cannot breathe
the sky's (G major) growing dark over (D major) head
The (G major) knot's pulling tight as my body (D major) swepts free
a (A major) few moments more I'll be dead (D major)
Oh (G major) cottonwood tree...
Outro 1
(G major) (F sharp minor) (E minor) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(A major)
Cottonwood Tree
Marty Robbins
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