Santa Fe Trail Chords

🎸 Verse 1: B E B Tell me friend, have you sighted a schooner B F# B Alongside of the Santa Fe Trail? B E B And it may got here Monday or sooner, B F# B Had a water keg tied to the tail. E B There was a Pa and a Ma on the mule-seat, E B F# But somewheres along on the way B E B Was a tow-headed gal on a pinto B F# B Just a-jangling for old Santa Fe, E B Yo-ho! Yo-ho! B F# B Just a-jangling for old Santa Fe.

🎸 Verse 2: B E B But I seen them come down the arroyo B F# B As we crossed on them Arkansas sand, B E B She had smiles like acres of sunflowers, B F# B Held a quirt in her little brown hand. E B And she mounted her pinto so airy E B F# And she rode like she carried the mail, B E B And her eyes near set fire to the prairie B F# B Alongside of the Santa Fe Trail, E B Yo-ho! Yo-ho! B F# B Alongside of the Santa Fe Trail. 🎸 Verse 3: B E B Well, I once knew a gal on the border B F# B Who I’d ride to El Paso to sight; B E B I have danced in some high-steppin’ order, B F# B And I’ve sometimes kissed some girls goodnight; E B But Lord, they’re all ruffles and beading E B F# And they drink fancy tea by the pail, B E B I’m not used to that kind of stampeding B F# B Alongside of the Santa Fe Trail, E B Yo-ho! Yo-ho! B F# B Alongside of the Santa Fe Trail. 🎸 Verse 4: B E B Well, I don’t know her name on the prairie, B F# B When you're hunting one girl it’s so wide, B E B And it’s shorter from hell to hilary B F# B Than it is on that Santa Fe ride. E B But I’ll try and reach Plummers by sundown E B F# Where a camp can be made in the swale, B E B Then I’ll meet that gal with her pinto B F# B Alongside of the Santa Fe Trail, E B Yo-ho! Yo-ho! B F# B Alongside of the Santa Fe Trail.