The cowboys' christmas ball chords by The Killers
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Intro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major)
(F major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 1
Way (C major) out in Old Nevada,
where the (F major) Truckee's waters (C major) flow,
Where the cattle are "a- browzin'," an' the
(F major) Spanish ponies (G major) grow;
Where the (C major) Northers "come a- whistlin'"
from bey (F major) ond the Neutral (C major) Strip;
And the prairie dogs are sneezin',
as (F major) if they (G major) had "The (C major) Grip".
Where the (G major) cayotes come a- (A minor) howlin'
'round the (F major) ranches after (C major) dark,
And the (G major) bluebirds are a- singin' (A minor) to the
(F major) lovely "mead (G major) ow lark";
Where the bighorns are a- (A minor) grazin'
and the (F major) lonely plovers (C major) call
It was (G major) there that I (A minor) at tended "The (F major) (G major) Cow
boys' Christmas (C major) Ball."
(F major) (C major)
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Verse 2
(F major) (G major) (C major)
The boys had left the ranches and
(F major) come to town in (C major) piles;
The ladies—" (F major) kinda scatterin'"—had gathered
in for (G major) miles.
The (C major) room was togged out gorgeous-
with (F major) mistletoe and (C major) shawls,
And candles flickered frescoes,
around (F major) the (G major) airy (C major) walls.
The (G major) women folk looked (A minor) lovely- the
(F major) boys looked kinda (C major) treed,
Till the (G major) leader got to (A minor) yellin': "Hey! fellers, (F major)
let's stam (G major) pede,"
And the music started (A minor) sighin',
an' (F major) awailin' through the (C major) hall
As a (G major) kind of intro (A minor) duction to "The (F major) (G major) Cow
boys' Christmas (C major) Ball."
(F major) (C major)
Verse 3
(F major) (G major) (C major)
Their leader was a feller that (F major) came
from (C major) Swenson's ranch,
They called him "Windy Billy," from
(F major) "little Deadman's (G major) Branch."
His (C major) rig was "kinda careless,"
big spurs (F major) and high- heeled (C major) boots.
He had the reputation that come (F major)
when "a (G major) fellers shoot (C major) s."
His (A minor) voice was like a bugle upon (E minor)
a mountainous height;
His (A minor) feet were animated an' a (F major) mighty,
movin' sight, (G major)
When (C major) he commenced to hollerin',
"Now, fellers (F major) stake your pen! (C major)
"Lock horns with all them heifers,
an' (F major) russle 'em (G major) like (C major) men.
(G major) "Saloot yer lovely (A minor) critters; now swing (F major) an' let 'em (C major) go,
(G major) "Climb the grape vine (A minor) 'round
(F major) 'em—all hands do- ce- (G major) do!
"You Mavericks,
join the (A minor) round- up- Just skip (F major) her waterfall," (C major)
Huh! (G major) It was gettin' (A minor) happy,
The (F major) (G major) Cowboys' Christmas (C major) Ball
(F major) (C major)
Verse 4
(F major) (G major) (C major)
Don't tell me 'bout cotillions,
or (F major) germans. No (C major) sire'ee!
That whirl at Carson City just
(F major) takes the cake with (G major) me.
I'm sick (C major) of lazy shufflin's, of
(F major) them I've had my fill, (C major)
Just Give me a frontier break- down,
backed (F major) up by (C major) Wild Ol' Bill. (G major)
McAllister ain't (A minor) nowhere, when
Verse 5
(F major)
Windy leads the (C major) show,
I've seen (G major) 'em both in (A minor) harness,
and so (F major) I sorta (G major) know—
Oh, Bill, I sha'n't for (A minor) get ya,
and I'll (F major) oftentimes re (C major) call,
That (G major) lively gaited (A minor) (F major)
(G major) sworray—"The Cowboys' Christmas (C major) Ball."
Verse 6
Oh, (C major) Bill, I sha'n't (A minor) forget ya,
and I'll (F major) oftentimes (C major) recall,
That lively (A minor) gaited (F major)
(C major) sworray—"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball."
The cowboys' christmas ball
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