Tommy Barrett chords by Casey Donahew

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D

Verse 1:
           D
My name is Tommy Waylon Barrett
        G                 D
I'm the point man for the brand
D
I can rope and ride and break the broncs
     Bm              A
Some call me the top hand
           D
I own this pony and this rifle
     G             D
This saddle was my Dad's
                                    Bm              A
And everything I've ever owned fits in these saddle bags
          D
As I drag black calves to the fire
   G                D
My hearts full of desire
D

For a brown eyed ranchers' daughter
      Bm                D
Who's gone and stole my heart


Chorus:
          D
And I got miles and miles of fence to ride
              G
Through those canyons where those coyotes hide
        D                                     A
I'll be all night checking heifers till those babies hit the ground
         G                    A
And it's so damn cold and I'm saddle sore
         D         A       G
And I've rode till I can't ride no more
          D                                    A                    D
And now I lie here on my bedroll and count the stars and dream of you


Verse 2:
D                             G                 D
Carlos Diego was a bandit, he rode the southern plains
                                      Bm
He'd rustle through the yearlings and rob the pacific trains
A        D
He stole horses, gold and women
       G                D
And he killed a hundred men
                     Bm                       D
The problem with the devil, is he has no fear of sin


Chorus:
          D
And I got miles and miles of fence to ride
              G
Through those canyons where those coyotes hide
        D                                     A
I'll be all night checking heifers till those babies hit the ground
         G                    A
And it's so damn cold and I'm saddle sore
         D         A       G
And I've rode till I can't ride no more
          D                                    A
And now I lie here on my bedroll and count the stars and dream of you


Guitar & Fiddle Solos:
D  G  D  A
D  G  D A D


Verse 3:
D
Carlos Diego stole my lady
              G        D
He was headed southern bound
D
So I borrowed me a pistol
         Bm                  A
And rode towards that border town
          D
We met on main street right at midday
          G               D
While the sun was burning bright
D
Both my hands were trembling
     Bm               A
This was my first gun fight
         D                                   G                   D
Then the bullets rained like thunder and the smoke it filled the sky
                              Bm            D
I whispered to my angel, your safe now girl don't cry


Chorus:
            D
Cause I got miles and miles of fence to ride
              G
Through those canyons where those coyotes hide
        D                                     A
I'll be all night checking heifers till those babies hit the ground
         G                    A
And it's so damn cold and I'm saddle sore
         D         A       G
And I've rode till I can't ride no more
          D                                    A                  G
And now I lie here on my bedroll and count the stars and dream of you


Outro:
      D                                    A                  D
Now I lie here on my bedroll and count the stars and dream of you