The Cowboy Christmas Ball chords by Michael Martin Murphey
Skip chords and lyricsGet now
Intro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 1
(C major) Way out in West Texas,
where the Clearfolk waters (G major) flow,
Where the cattle are ""a- browzin',
"" an' the Spanish ponies (C major) grow
Where the (A minor) Northers ""come a- whist
(E minor) lin'"" and the (F major) ol' dust devils (G major) row
And the (C major) prairie dogs are sneez (F major) in',
and (C major) a' (G major) freezin from the cold (C major)
Where the lonesome townie prairies
melt into the airy stream (G major)
And the double mountains slumber in the
heavenly kind of (C major) dreams
Where the (A minor) antelope is (E minor) grazin
and the (F major) lonely plovers (G major) call
It was (C major) there that I at (F major) tended ""The (C major) (G major) Cow
boys' Christmas (C major) Ball.""
New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Interlude 1
(C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 2
The (C major) music was a fiddle
and a lively tambourine
(G major) And the big imported
by stage from (C major) Amboline
And the (A minor) room was togged out (E minor) gorgeous-
with (F major) mistletoe and shawls, (G major)
And the (C major) candles flickered fres (F major) coes,
all around (C major) them (G major) airy wall (C major) s.
And the women folk looked lonesome-
the boys looked kinda treed, (G major)
Till the leader commenced to yellin': ""Hey boys,
let's all stam (C major) pede, ""
And the (A minor) mu sic started sigh (E minor) in',
an' (F major) awailin' through the hall (G major)
As a (C major) kind of introduc (F major) tion to ""The (C major) (G major) Cow
boys' Christmas (C major) Ball.""
Interlude 2
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (A flat major)
Verse 3
Now their (D flat major) leader was a feller that
came from (A flat major) Swen son's ranch,
They called him ""Windy Billy,
"" from ""little Deadman's (D flat major) Branch.""
When (B flat minor) he commenced to (F minor) hollerin',
""Now, (G flat major) fellers stake your pen! (A flat major)
""Lock (D flat major) horns with all them (G flat major) heifers,
an' (D flat major) russle 'em like men.
""Saloot yer lovely critters now
swing an' let 'em (A flat major) go,
""Climb the grape vine 'round and round,
boys let's do- ce- (D flat major) do!
""You Mav (B flat minor) ericks,
join the (F minor) round- up- skip (G flat major) her waterfall, (A flat major) ""
Huh! (D flat major) It was gettin' happy, (G flat major)
The (D flat major) Cowboys' Christmas Ball
Verse 4
(G flat major)
Now (D flat major) the (A major) (D major) boys was a little
bit skiddish
The ladies was powerful to (A major) me
That big days finally music made
us jumpin with both (D major) feet
That (B minor) wailin' frisky (F sharp minor) fiddle,
I nev (G major) er will for (A major) get
And (D major) windy ol' Bill kept (G major) singin'
and I be (D major) lieve I (A major) hear him yet (D major)
Oh yes, boys, chasing squirrels,
cut'em to the side (A major)
Doc' Hollis to the center,
now cross Pete Charlie's (D major) bride
Turn around (B minor) you gentle kit (F sharp minor) tens,
I (G major) wrote them that ol' song (A major)
Hey (D major) hittin was gettin' active (G major) at thee Cow
(D major) boy's Christmas Ball
Interlude 3
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 5
And the (D major) dust rose fast and furious,
we all just galloped round (A major)
Till the scenery got so dizzy,
a few ol'cow folks fell (D major) down
We (B minor) buckled to our (F sharp minor) partners and
(G major) told them to hold (A major) on
We shook (D major) our hooves like (G major) ryman
until (D major) the (A major) early (D major) dawn
Verse 6
Don't tell (D major) me 'bout cotillions
line dancin' no (A major) sire'ee!
That dancin' Anson City still
takes the cake for me. (D major)
Now (B minor) boys I won't for (F sharp minor) get ya,
I (G major) of ten will recall (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Oh no I won't for (G major) get it,
that (A major) Cowboys' Christmas (D major) Ball.
Outro 1
(G major) (D major)
The Cowboy Christmas Ball
Michael Martin Murphey
Save song
Speed: 1.0x
RestartPlay SpaceEnable loopDisable audioMore songs by Michael Martin Murphey
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.5
Related songs
Discover chords for more songs to play
