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Cottonwood Tree chords by
Marty Robbins
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I rode into Tucson three hours ago
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for supplies and a short friendly game
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Of poker while Smitty put some new
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shoes on old Dan before he goes lame
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A

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I sat in a game at the Miner's Saloon
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soon I had doubled my stake
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The cards run like they'd been dealt by
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Lady Luck they were just sealin' my fate
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A young cowboy lost more than he could afford
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and ac cused me of dealin' too smart
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His draw was too slow and he fell to the
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floor with three bullets close to the heart
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F#m
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Oh cottonwood tree are you waiting for
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me waiting to take me away
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I've done no wrong but the town cannot
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see and so with my life I must pay
Verse 2
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A crowd started gatherin' the sher iff
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came in I handed him over my gun

Was then when I found out
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the boy I had killed
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Was the town's biggest man's only son
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I tried to explain I had shot in defense it
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was the young cowboy or me
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The crowd wouldn't listen so they drug me out
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D

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to the limb of this cottonwood tree
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Majestically standing out here all alone
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it's spring and the valley is green
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But I can't admire a place I don't
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belong to me it's all like a bad dream
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But old Dan's beneath me
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with new shows and all
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As they place the noose
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round my neck
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Cowboys I've never laid eyes on before
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are tyin' my hands to my back
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Oh cot tonwood tree...
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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I see hate in the eyes of the town's biggest
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man as he pulls a branch from the tree
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To whip the backside of my old pony Dan
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so he'll run out from under me
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Insane he won't listen to my last appeal
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a wild grin has covered his face
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As I tried to reason just how he would feel
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if he were up here in my place
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There's many a mountain trail I'll
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never ride green valleys I'll never see
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A young cowboy died and a man's foolish
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pride brought me to this cottonwood tree
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My face is turned upward and I cannot breathe
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the sky's growing dark over head
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The knot's pulling tight as my body swepts free
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a few moments more I'll be dead
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Oh cottonwood tree...
Outro 1
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F#m
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