Ride Cowboy Ride chords by Marty Robbins

Verse:
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Ride, cowboy, ride
C
Don't ride too slow
G            C
Tucson's a mighty long way yet to go

C              Dm
He started his long ride in Prescott
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The sun was a hundred or more
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On down he rode at full gallop
C    G      C
Into the flat desert floor

C            Dm
Driving the big herd to Flagstaff
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In Prescott the letter was there
C            Dm
Happiness soon would be sorrow
C       G     C
Sad news the letter did bear

F
Ride, cowboy, ride
C
Don't go too slow
G
Ride, cowboy, ride
     C
You've a long way to go

C               Dm
Your darlin' now lies on her deathbed
C          Dm
Racked by fever and pain
C            Dm
Reaching for you at her bedside
C           G      C
At each breath she's callin' your name

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Forward he leaned in the saddle
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Pushing through mesquite and sage
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His head never raised for a greeting
C         G     C
As he passed the Wickenburg stage

F
Ride, cowboy, ride
C
Don't ride too slow
G            C
Tucson's a mighty long way yet to go

C           Dm
In Phoenix he traded horses
C            Dm
Now on the back of this roan
C            Dm
He could see visions of Tucson
C        G      C
His darlin' and their lovely home

F
Ride, cowboy, ride
C
Don't ride too slow
G              C
There's still a hundred and twenty to go

C               Dm
In through the ranch gate he galloped
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And without breaking his stride
C           Dm
He bounded out of the saddle
C         G        C
And rushed to his sweet darlin's side

C            Dm
Then as the dyin' girl saw him
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A smile came over her face
C            Dm
Holding her hand as it tightened
C     G     C
Barely had he won the race

F
Ride, cowboy, ride
C
On through the blue
G
Ride, cowboy, ride
     C
She'll be waiting for you

F
Ride, cowboy, ride
C
On through the blue
G
Ride, cowboy, ride
     C    F  C
She'll be waiting for you