Bob Fudge chords by Colter Wall

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: D Tuning (D G C F A D)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
                Em
My name is Bob Fudge

I was born in Texas
            Am
Lampasas County

Back during the war
                  Em
Small Pox and Comanches

Took most of my family
  Am
Left my poor mother,
        G        Em
My brothers, and me


So I headed North

To ride for the Blockers
                        Am
They were contractin' herds

On the Montana range
          Em
In the Spring of the year '82

We left ol' Lampasas
             Am
With two thousand steers
G                     Em
For the Little Big Horn


Chorus:
                C
Crossing our trails
                         Am
There were many great rivers
              C
All to be crossed
                        D
Not a bridge would we find

Verse 2:
                      Em
In the cold rolling waters

And the wild plunging cattle
                    Am
There was many a young man
    G                Em
Took leave of his life


Chorus:

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Verse 3:

Well we crossed at Doan's Store

Into the Indian nation
                        Am
Saw the blood on the rocks

Where those cowboys had died
                    Em
Then it's on Fort Dodge

On the Arkansas River
          Am
Where gamblers and the whores
  G               Em
All welcomed us there


Chorus:
                           C
And the great snowcapped peaks
                      Am
Are on our left side now
            C
For many miles
                      D
In the great silent land


Verse 4:
                     Em
When I first saw Montana

I knew I would love her
                           Am
I would ride her great ranges
           G          Em
'Til the end of my days

Chorus:

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Verse 5:

But she's all cut-and-dry now

And the trails are all gone
                           Am
I've been to Yellowstone Park

In an automobile
                             Em
But I can still see 'em swimming

Boys, I can still hear 'em running
                      Am
I came off of the trails

When cowboys was king

                 Em
My name is Bob Fudge

I died in Montana

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