Key: C major
Verse 1
B
D#m
E
F#
B
The sun burns
D#m
E
F#
the snow high on the mountain
B
D#m
F#
B
It runs and it grows as it falls
F#
G#m
C#
F#
Silt and soil, down they boil
B
F#
Down through the valley
B
D#m
E
F#
B
the gold river rolls to the place.
D#m
E
F#
The rangeland lies high up from the river.
D#m
E
F#
B
where the short grass grows.
E
G#m
C#
F#
Fields of hay, cottonwood shade,
B
F#
green patch of home.
B
D#m
Through the high dusty land
E
F#
B
the river flows.
E
F#
Boys practice roping,
D#m
F#
B
F#
G#m
The night rolls on, lives of pride
C#
F#
Men who ride,
B
F#
they keep the old skills
B
D#m
E
F#
B
D#m
E
F#
B
That came up the trail from Mexico
D#m
E
F#
B
F#
G#m
C#
F#
B
F#
B
D#m
E
F#
B
E
F#
through green years and dry years
D#m
E
F#
B
and we ship them in the fall
F#
G#m
C#
F#
The new coals fold, the mare grows old,
B
F#
B
Cycles of changes in this
E
F#
B
Where the short grass grows.
F#
B
Cycles of changes in this
E
F#
B
Where the short grass grows.
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