A Western Tale chords by Ron Hynes

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC G+G

Verse:
C majorC
Johnny Ringo, was murdered they FF say,
G+G
By Wyatt Earp, and Doc C majorC Holiday. G+G
C majorC
Long, long ago, far, far a- FF way,
G+G
Back in the wild wooly C majorC western G+G days.

Verse:
  C majorC                      FF
Sat back beneath a big oak tree, they found him dead,
G+G            C majorC         G+G
One single bullet, fired through his head,
C majorC                FF
Ringo's blood stains the Arizona sand,
G+G        FF       G+G
His .45 cradled in his hands.

Verse:
C majorC                    FF
William H. Bonney, was shot down in his youth,
G+G             C majorC       G+G
Though that 🏷Legend may not be the truth.
C majorC                   FF
Old Pat Garrett, might have turned him loose,
G+G               C majorC     G+G
And foiled the Jailer, and the Hangman's noose.

Verse:
    C majorC                FF
But the headlines in the morning papers read,
G+G         C majorC      G+G
Bad seed, finally put to bed.
C majorC               FF
Rumor had it he'd run off and hid,
G+G            FF       G+G
Stopped calling his-self Billy the Kid.

Chorus:
DmDm          G+G
I had a dream, I was ridin' high,
DmDm         G+G
Beneath a blue, New Mexico sky.
FF            C majorC   FF
My pony's swift as San Antonio wind,
DmDm           G+G
A augmentedA cowboys only true and faithful friend.

Verse:
C majorC                FF
Frank and Jesse, and the Younger boys,
G+G        C majorC    G+G
All lived to see Missouri sky's.
C majorC                       FF
But the South had fallen, and they'd lost the war,
G+G            C majorC   G+G
Missouri wasn't what it was before.

Verse:
  C majorC                 FF
So they all took to robin' banks and things,
G+G           C majorC       G+G
Wound up covered up in blood stains.
C majorC                     FF
The Younger's went to jail, for what they did,
G+G             FF      G+G
Bob and Charlie Ford shot Jesse James dead.

Chorus:
DmDm          G+G
I had a dream, I was ridin' high,
DmDm         G+G
Beneath a blue, New Mexico sky.
FF            C majorC   FF
My pony's swift as San Antonio wind,
DmDm           G+G
A augmentedA cowboys only true and faithful friend.

Verse:
C majorC
Johnny Ringo, was murdered they FF say,
G+G
By Wyatt Earp, and Doc C majorC Holiday. G+G
C majorC
Long, long ago, far, far a- FF way,
G+G           FF    C majorC
Back in the wild wooly western days.

Outro:
G+G          C majorC  FF C majorC G+G C majorC
In the wooly Western days.