Nighthorse chords by
Chuck Pyle

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Key: C major•

Verse 1
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Well you know it's
hard to find a night horse,
that one shoe -footed ride horse,
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to ride a cowboy safely through the dark.
Well the finest one I ever rode
was a short -legged bay
named Little Joe,
when I signed on with this
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outfit in South Park.
Well the night was still
and the moon was down
Throughout the herd there
was not a sound
That's the time an old hen
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knows a cow might run
Sure enough they jumped and ran
Crashing through the smooth strand
Twenty buckaroos knew what
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was to come
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They're running boys, they're running
You all go run along
Don't try to turn them back
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until they're tired
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Just let them run their course
Turn it over to your night horse
Let them bring you back on
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home to the fire
Well you know a lot of things
that night happened
That later got us laughing
Though in the moment we were
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all strung pretty tight
Joe Petty thought a clump of chameezen
Was a bedded down herd of cows
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He circled round them singing till daylight
And his nine horse stolen by the cook
Oh, Bill Jennings set afoot
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Cussing at that cook as he rode away
But they hadn't gone far
and they had a wreck
Bill's horse died of a broken neck
And the cook stumbled through
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the night in a daze
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Oh, they're runnin', boys,
they're runnin' now
You all go run along
Don't try to turn them back
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until they're tired
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Just let them run the course
Turn it over to you nighthawks
Let it bring you back on home to
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G G 
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the fire
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Well, it's gold for holes and steep ravines
And the night cannot be seen
He must use something other
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than his eyes
Whatever birds fly south on
I guess that's what he counts on
Little Joe could carry me
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through to sunrise
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Whatever birds fly south on
I guess that's what he counts on
Little Joe can carry me