Texas Rangers chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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Verse 1
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Come all you Texas Rangers,
wherever you may be
I'll tell you of some troubles
that happened unto me
My name is nothing extra,
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so that I will not tell
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An d here's to all you Rangers,
I'm sure I wish you well
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It was at the age of sixteen
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I joined the Jolly Band
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We marched from San Antonio
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unto the Rio Grande
Our captain he informed us,
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I guess he thought it right
Before we reached the station,
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we'd surely have to fight
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And before we reached the station,
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our captain gave command
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Two arms, two arms, he shouted,
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and by your pony stand
I saw the smoke ascending,
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it seemed to reach the sky
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And then the thought it struck me,
my time had come to die
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I heard the Indians coming,
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I heard them give a yell
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My feelings at that moment,
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no human tongue can tell
I saw their glittering glances,
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their arrows round me flew
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And all my strength it left me,
and all my courage too
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And all of us were wounded,
our noble captain slain
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The sun was shining
sadly across the bloody plain
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Sixteen as brave a rangers
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as ever rode the west
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were buried by their comrades
with arrows in their chest
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and now my song is ended
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I guess I've sung enough
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the life of any ranger
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you see is very tough
and if you have a mother
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who don't want you to roam.
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I advise you by experience,
you'd better stay at home.