The cowboys' christmas ball

The cowboys' christmas ball easy guitar chords by The Killers

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Way 
    out 
    in 
    Old 
    Nevada, 

    where the 
    Truckee's waters 
    flow, 

    Where the 
    cattle 
    are 
    "a- browzin'," an' the 

    Spanish 
    ponies 
    grow; 

    Where the 
    Northers 
    "come 
    a- 
    whistlin'" 

    from bey
    ond 
    the Neutral 
    Strip; 

    And the 
    prairie 
    dogs 
    are sneezin', 

    as 
    if 
    they 
    had 
    "The 
    Grip". 

    Where the 
    cayotes 
    come 
    a- 
    howlin' 

    'round the 
    ranches 
    after 
    dark, 

    And the 
    bluebirds 
    are 
    a- singin' 
    to the 

    lovely 
    "mead
    ow 
    lark"; 

    Where the 
    bighorns 
    are 
    a- 
    grazin' 

    and the 
    lonely 
    plovers 
    call 

    It was 
    there 
    that 
    at
    tended 
    "The 
    Cow

    boys' Christmas 
    Ball." 

    Verse 2

    The 
    boys 
    had left 
    the ranches 
    and 

    come 
    to town 
    in 
    piles; 

    The 
    ladies—"
    kinda scatterin'"—had gathered 

    in 
    for 
    miles. 

    The 
    room 
    was togged 
    out 
    gorgeous- 

    with 
    mistletoe 
    and 
    shawls, 

    And 
    candles 
    flickered 
    frescoes, 

    around 
    the 
    airy 
    walls. 

    The 
    women 
    folk 
    looked 
    lovely- 
    the 

    boys 
    looked 
    kinda 
    treed, 

    Till the 
    leader 
    got 
    to 
    yellin': "Hey! 
    fellers, 

    let's 
    stam
    pede," 

    And the music 
    started 
    sighin', 

    an' 
    awailin' through 
    the 
    hall 

    As a 
    kind 
    of intro
    duction 
    to "The 
    Cow

    boys' Christmas 
    Ball." 

    Verse 3

    Their 
    leader 
    was 
    a feller 
    that 
    came 

    from 
    Swenson's ranch, 

    They called 
    him 
    "Windy 
    Billy," 
    from 

    "little 
    Deadman's 
    Branch." 

    His 
    rig 
    was 
    "kinda 
    careless," 

    big spurs 
    and high- 
    heeled 
    boots. 

    He 
    had 
    the reputation 
    that come 

    when "a 
    fellers 
    shoot
    s." 

    His 
    voice 
    was like 
    a bugle 
    upon 

    a mountainous 
    height; 

    His 
    feet 
    were 
    animated 
    an' a 
    mighty, 

    movin' 
    sight, 

    When 
    he 
    commenced 
    to hollerin', 

    "Now, fellers 
    stake 
    your pen! 

    "Lock 
    horns 
    with all 
    them 
    heifers, 

    an' 
    russle 'em 
    like 
    men. 

    "Saloot yer 
    lovely 
    critters; now swing 
    an' let 
    'em 
    go, 


    "Climb 
    the grape 
    vine 
    'round 

    'em—all hands 
    do- ce- 
    do! 

    "You Mavericks, 

    join 
    the 
    round- 
    up- 
    Just skip 
    her 
    water
    fall," 

    Huh! 
    It 
    was 
    gettin' 
    happy, 

    The 
    Cow
    boys' Christmas 
    Ball 

    Verse 4

    Don't 
    tell 
    me 
    'bout 
    cotillions, 

    or 
    ger
    mans. 
    No 
    sire'ee! 

    That 
    whirl 
    at Carson 
    City 
    just 

    takes 
    the cake 
    with 
    me. 

    I'm sick 
    of lazy 
    shufflin's, of 

    them 
    I've 
    had 
    my fill, 

    Just 
    Give 
    me a frontier 
    break- 
    down, 

    backed 
    up 
    by 
    Wild 
    Ol' 
    Bill. 

    McAllister ain't 
    nowhere, 
    when 
    Verse 5

    Windy 
    leads 
    the 
    show, 

    I've seen 
    'em both 
    in 
    harness, 

    and so 
    sorta 
    know— 

    Oh, 
    Bill, 
    I sha'n't 
    for
    get 
    ya, 

    and 
    I'll 
    oftentimes 
    re
    call, 

    That 
    lively 
    gaited 

    sworray—"The Cowboys' Christmas 
    Ball." 

    Verse 6
    Oh, 
    Bill, 
    sha'n't 
    forget 
    ya, 

    and 
    I'll 
    oftentimes 
    recall, 

    That 
    lively 
    gaited 

    sworray—"The Cowboys' Christmas 
    Ball." 

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