Indian Cowboy chords by Joe Ely

Tuning: EADGBE

C       G7           C
If you ever go out to the c ircus
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Where the Wallendas walk on the w ire
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I'll tell you a tale to rem ember
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When the wh ite horses le ap rings of f ire

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It was a cold n ight in Okla homa
                         G
The show was about to be gin
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The an imals they were all r estless
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When the star-pony b roke from her pen

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Now s he was a m are of high sp irit
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Like a whore on a Saturday n ight
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Just k ickin' and fuckin' past the men who were br ushin'
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The e lephants l ying on their s ides


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Well cl ose to the t ent sat some la nterns
                          G
Dangerously next to the h ay
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That m are headed straight for those la nterns
            C           G7         C
That some f ool had put there by m istake

     C             G7       C
Well up steps some Indian C owboy
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His lasso went whirlin' through the a ir
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In the f ull dead-middle of da nger
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He r oped that runaway m are

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The elep hants raised up their tr umpets
                                G
Two of them broke from their ch ains
         C                    F
And stam peded that Indian Co wboy
          C          G7             C
Who had s aved the b ig-top from fl ames


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So if you ever go out to the c ircus
                                  G
Where the Wallendas walk on the w ire
     C                  F
Reme mber that Indian C owboy
            C            G7             C
When the wh ite horses l eap rings of f ire
G7               C