Key: Gb major
Verse 1
he went a- riding
Through the canyon, in the glow
Of a quiet Sunday morning
That he dearly loved to straddle,
With a six- gun and sombrero
Of a simple little song
through the cactus
Verse 2
Through the mesquite and the sand
I'm a rarin', flarin' bucko,
And to have my little fun
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On my pinto called Apache
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And Adolphus that's my gun."
Verse 3
And he mills around the town
Sorta gittin' of his bearin's
always watchin',
Every hombre in the place,
For some certain
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hombre's face.
Verse 4
careless
To the place of Monte Sam
And he does a bit of playin'
Like a calm before the blow,
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And the playin stopped and slow.
Verse 5
Sneerin' as his glances lay,
Like a challenge did he fling 'em,
Hated, feared wherever known
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Verse 6
Then the eyes of Blake, the killer,
Met the glance of Dobe Bill
And they held each one
the other
With a sneer in every word
But the other gave no sign he
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saw or heard.
Verse 7
He advanced with
steady pace
Then he grinned,
and quick as lightnin',
whispered hoarsely.
"Shoot, you lily- livered cur!"
strong for killin';
Now I'm here to shoot for
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Verse 8
Some there was that claimed they saw it,
As the killer tried to draw
But there's no one knows for certain
Quick as Blake had made his start
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Verse 9
As he fell, his hand was graspin'
For the gun he'd got too
late
With the notches on it showin'
At the killer as he lay
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Murmured: "Nell,
I've kept my promise.
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I have made that scoundrel pay!"
Verse 10
From the town of Santa Fe
On a quiet Sunday morning,
That he dearly loved to straddle
With a six- gun and sombrero
Verse 11
C
simple little song
As he's gallopin' along:
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Verse 12
G
"Oh, I'm goin' down the canyon,
Through the mesquite and the sand
I'm a rarin', flarin' bucko,
On my pinto called Apache, a- ha,
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