A Western Tale chords by Ron Hynes

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C F G C G

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outro:
G                    C    F C G C
In the wooly Western days.