Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
B
A
The kid was tall, rangy,
E
A
B
still wet behind the ears
A
E
C#m
But he could ride and he could
F#m
B
A
B
E
roam way beyond his years
He said,
C#m
G#m
Daddy, can I ride with you
A
E
now that I'm sixteen?
C#m
Help you drive them dog
G#m
A
gies up the trail to
B
Abilene
E
B
A
His daddy was a mighty man,
E
B
a cowboy to the bone
A
E
Trail boss for the
C#m
B
A
J -Bar -Z out east of
San
B
Antone
E
C#m
He said, boy,
G#m
don't get impatient now
A
E
You've got a lot to learn
C#m
G#m
You'll get your chance to be top hand
A
B
But you'll have to wait your turn
A
B
Cause the trail goes on forever
E
And the days get mighty long
C#m
A
B
If a northern stock's too blowin'
E
C#m
It can chill you to the bone
A
B
And there's rivers and there's rustlers
E
And you've got to understand
A
E
F#m
It takes more than just a
E
cowboy's son
B
E
A
You've got to be a man
E
A
Esus4
E
A
B
E
B
E
Against his daddy's wishes,
B
he left that very day
A
E
Signed on with the
C#m
Double
B
A
D to drive the
B
Chisholm train
E
C#m
There were two weeks out of
G#m
Texas
A
He was ridin' a drag one night
E
C#m
G#m
When an order started blowin'
And
Simpler
A
B
Heard was out of sight
E
B
A
The snow was fallin' faster now
E
A
E
B
The cold wind took his breath
A
E
C#m
He knew the end was coming soon,
B
A
B
E
he was sure to freeze to death
C#m
G#m
Went out of the blinding whiteness,
A
rode a tall and mighty man
E
C#m
G#m
He said, son, I was just passing through,
A
B
thought you could use a hand
A
B
Cause the trail goes on forever and
E
the days get mighty long
C#m
A
B
When that old north wind starts a blowin'
E
C#m
it can chew you to the bones
A
B
And so the top hand always has to
E
A
E
do the very best he can
F#m
E
And I knew you were a cowboy,
B
C#m
now I know that you're a man
B
A
E
I knew you were a cowboy, son,
B
E
A
E
A
E
A
B
now you've become a man
you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B A C#m F#m...
E
B
A
C#m
F#m
G#m
Esus4
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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