Step It Out Nancy chords by Holly Near

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chorus:
            Dm
So step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 C
Step it out, Nancy, if you can
 Am
Step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 Bb
Show your legs to the wealthy man

Verse:
    Dm                                 C
Near Cheyenne in Wyoming, there's a maiden fine an fair
    Am                                 Bb
Her eyes shine like diamonds, she had long and golden hair
    Dm                                     C
When the cattleman came riding, he came to her father's door
     Am                          Bb
Mounted on a milkwhite pony, he came at the stroke of four

Chorus:
            Dm
So step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 C
Step it out, Nancy, if you can
 Am
Step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 Bb
Show your legs to the wealthy man

Verse 2:
          Dm                         C
I have come to court your daughter, Nancy of the golden hair
     Am                        Bb
I have wealth and I have money, I have goods beyond compare
          Dm                           C
I will buy her silks and satins and a gold ring for her hand
     Am                                       Bb
I will buy my love a mansion, she'll have servants to command

Chorus:
            Dm
So step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 C
Step it out, Nancy, if you can
 Am
Step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 Bb
Show your legs to the wealthy man

Verse 3:
          Dm                                 C
Can't you see I love a cowboy, and I promised him my hand
          Am                                Bb
I don't want your house and money, I don't want your good and land.
         Dm                               C
Nancy's father spoke up sharply: You will do as you are told,
         Am                                            Bb
You'll be married on the Sunday, you will wear the ring of gold

Chorus:
            Dm
So step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 C
Step it out, Nancy, if you can
 Am
Step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 Bb
Show your legs to the wealthy man

Verse 4:
           Dm                            C
The cattleman spoke with fury, said you will not have that man
          Am                                 Bb
And he rode from town in anger with his rifle in his hand
         Dm                        C
He came back from Colorado, on his pony was a sack
         Am                                       Bb
Deep red with the blod of the cowboy, slung across his back

Chorus:
            Dm
So step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 C
Step it out, Nancy, if you can
 Am
Step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 Bb
Show your legs to the wealthy man

Verse 5:
           Dm                                 C
Pretty Nancy cried in anguish, she wept and tore her hair
          Am                                Bb
She slipped into her father's room and found a pistol lying there
         Dm                               C
On the sunday came the wedding the toown's folk gathered at noon
         Am                                            Bb
They saw Nancy pull the pistol and shoot down that wealthy groom

Chorus:
            Dm
So step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 C
Step it out, Nancy, if you can
 Am
Step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 Bb
Show your legs to the wealthy man

Verse 6:
           Dm                                 C
Nancy Said I am not sorry, when the jury heard the tale
          Am                                Bb
Though he rots beneath the ground and I shall rot in jail
         Dm                               C
There in the crowded courtroom, twelve good men took their stand
         Am                                            Bb
Said we will not hold you, Nancy, for killing that wealthy man

Chorus:
            Dm
So step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 C
Step it out, Nancy, if you can
 Am
Step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 Bb
Show your legs to the wealthy man

            Dm
So step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 C
Step it out, Nancy, if you can
 Am
Step it out, Nancy, pretty darling
 Bb
Show your legs to the wealthy man