Windy Bill chords by Tom Rush

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Windy Bill was a Texas man
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Well,  (G major) he could rope, you bet  (D major) 
He swore the steer he couldn't tie
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Well, he  (E major) hadn't found him  (A major) yet
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But the  (D major) boys they knew of
an old black steer
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A  (G major) sort of an old out (D major) law
That ran down in the malpais
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At the foot  (A major) of a rocky draw
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 (D major) 

Verse 2
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 (D major) This old black steer had stood his ground
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With  (G major) punchers from everywhere
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 (D major) So they bet old Bill at two to one
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That he  (E major) couldn't quite get  (A major) there
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Then  (D major) Bill brought out his old gray hoss
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His  (G major) withers and back were raw  (D major) 
And prepared to tackle
the big black brute
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D 
That  (A major) ran down in the draw  (D major) 

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Verse 3
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 (D major) 
With his Brazos bit and
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his Sam Stack  (G major) tree*
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His chaps and taps to boot  (D major) 
And his old maguey tied hard and fast
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Bill  (E major) swore he'd get the brute  (A major) 
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Now,  (D major) first Bill sort of sauntered round
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Old  (G major) Blackie began to paw  (D major) 
Then threw his tail straight in the air
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And went  (A major) driftin' down the draw
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 (D major) 

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) The old gray plug flew after him
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For  (G major) he'd been eatin' corn  (D major) 
And Bill, he piled his old maguey
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 (E major) Right round old Blackie's horns
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 (A major) The old gray  (D major) hoss he stopped
right still
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The cinches  (G major) broke like straw  (D major) 
And the old maguey and
the Sam Stack tree
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D 
Went  (A major) driftin' down the draw  (D major) 

Verse 5
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 (D major) 
Bill, he lit in a flint rock pile
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His  (G major) face and hands was  (D major) scratched
He said he thought he could
rope a snake
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But he  (E major) guessed he'd met his  (A major) match
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He  (D major) paid his bets like a little man
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Without  (G major) a bit of jaw  (D major) 
And 'lowed old Blackie was the boss
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Of  (A major) anything in the draw
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 (D major) 

Verse 6
There's a moral to my' story, boys
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And that you all must  (G major) see  (D major) 
Whenever you go to tie a snake
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Don't  (E major) tie it to your tree  (A major) 
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But take  (D major) your dolly welters
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'Cordin' to  (G major) California law  (D major) 
And you'll never see your old rim- fire
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Go  (A major) drifting down the draw  (D major) 