Prairie Fire chords by Marty Robbins
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Verse 1
(A minor)
While drivin' a herd of cattle
out in (D minor) old Nebraska way
Headin' east at (A minor) Broken (E major) Bow
on a hot September (A minor) day
Tryin' to get to Omaha we
(D minor) hoped to find a buyer
We never counted (A minor) in the odds of
a (E major) western prairie fire
(A minor) A hot south wind was blowin' and the
Verse 2
(D minor)
air was gettin' dry (A minor)
Somethin' (D minor) far away (A minor) was spellin'
(E major) trouble in the (A minor) sky
Comin' closer was a sound that
(D minor) topped the devil's (A minor) choir
(D minor) Then we knew we had to (A minor) race
a (E major) raging prairie (A minor) fire
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Verse 3
(A minor)
When all at once a (G major) flame
is seen a-lickin' (F major) at at the (E major) sky
And (A minor) every heart has (G major) quickened
and there's (F major) fear in every (E major) eye
We'd (A minor) just one chance to get away
(E major) for (D minor) there's no place to (A minor) hide
(E major) Gotta (D minor) reach the river (A minor) Platte one inch
(E major) deep and one mile (A minor) wide
Verse 4
The herd is gettin' tired but we've (D minor)
got no time to (A minor) rest
I (D minor) try to clear the (A minor) red dust that is
(E major) gatherin' in my chest
From (A minor) ridin' tail on a thousand
head with the (D minor) weather gettin' dry
(A minor) The (D minor) black cloud in the west (A minor) is warning,
(E major) "Ride, ride, (A minor) ride"
Verse 5
(A minor)
The roarin' heat is (G major) closer
ashes (F major) fallin' by our (E major) side
And (A minor) every beast and (G major) bird is fleein'
(F major) with its warnin' (E major) cry
We've got to (A minor) reach the river
but it's (D minor) still ten miles or (A minor) more
And (D minor) close behind us (A minor) we can
hear that (E major) wild infernal (A minor) roar
Verse 6
(A minor)
But fate had other plans,
for we (D minor) lost that fatal (A minor) race
(E major) We (D minor) lost for (E major) neither (A minor) man nor beast
could (E major) long keep up the pace
(A minor) The mighty Platte subdued its
rage but (D minor) none were there to rest
We did our best to (A minor) get away
but only (E major) I am (A minor) left
Now on the blackened (G major) prairie, far
Verse 7
(F major)
as the eye can (E major) see
The grim re (A minor) mains are (G major) there to
show that (F major) God rules you and (E major) me
Just one he (A minor) left to tell the tale just
(D minor) one was his de (A minor) sire
We (D minor) lost our herd and (A minor) thirty
men to a (E major) raging prairie fire (A minor)
Prairie Fire
Marty Robbins
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