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