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