Way Out In Idaho chords by Rosalie Sorrels

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
C majorC
I was walking around in Denver
G+G      E minorEm
One luckless rainy day,
             C majorC
When Kilpatrick's mancatcher
C majorC
Came up to me and did say
FF
I'll lay you down five dollars
C majorC
Quickly as I can
            G+G
If you'll hurry up and catch the train,
          C majorC
She's starting from Cheyenne.

Chorus:
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
  B minorBm   C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
  G+G     C majorC
Way out in Idaho.

Verse 2:
C majorC
Well he laid me down five dollars,
C majorC
Like many another man,
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And I hurried to the depot
C majorC
As happy as a clam
FF
When I got to Pocatello
  C majorC
My troubles begin to grow,
C majorC
I was waitin' in the sagebrush
  G+G
The rain, the wind, the snow.

Chorus:
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
D MajorD     C majorC
Way out in Idaho.

Verse 3:
C majorC
When I got to American Falls,
    B minorBm     C majorC
It was there I met Fat Jack,
C majorC
He kept a little hotel tent
C majorC
Along beside the track.
FF
Now says he, you are a stranger,
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Perhaps your funds are low,
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Well yonder stands me hotel tent,
C majorC
The best in Idaho.

Chorus:
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
B minorBm      C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
G+G       C majorC
Way out in Idaho.

Verse 4:
E minorEm
Well I followed my conductor
E minorEm
Into his hotel tent,
E minorEm
And for one square and hearty meal,
E minorEm
I paid him my last cent.
FF
Now Jack's a jolly fellow,
C majorC
You'll always find him so,
C majorC
A-working on the narrow gauge,
B minorBm      C majorC
Way out in Idaho.

Chorus:
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
B minorBm      C majorC
Way out in Idaho.

Verse 5:
C majorC
Well he put me to work next morning
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With a cranky cuss called Bill,
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They gave me a ten pound hammer
C majorC
To strike upon the drill
FF
They said if I didn't like it,
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I could take my shirts and go,
C majorC
And they'd keep my blankets for my board
D MajorD       C majorC
Way out in Idaho.

Chorus:
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
B minorBm      C majorC
Way out in Idaho.

Verse 6:
C majorC
Well it filled my heart with pity,
   G+G      E minorEm
As I walked along the tracks,
E minorEm
To see so many old bundlers
E minorEm
With their packs upon their backs
FF
They said the work was heavy,
C majorC
The grub they could not go
C majorC
Around Kilpatrick's dirty tables
B minorBm      C majorC
Way out in Idaho.

Chorus:
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
Way out in Idaho,
C majorC
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
B minorBm      C majorC
Way out in Idaho.

Verse 7:
C majorC
Well, now I'm well and working
B minorBm         C majorC
Down in the harvest camps,
  FF      C majorC
And there I will continue
C majorC
Till I make a few more stamps
A minorAm
I'll go back to New Mexico,
C majorC
Marry a girl I know,
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And we'll buy us a horse and buggy
    G+G     C majorC
And go back to Idaho.