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Way Out In Idaho by Rosalie Sorrels

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

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

Chorus:
C
Way out in Idaho,
    Bm     C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
    G         C
Way out in Idaho.

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

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

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

Chorus:
C
Way out in Idaho,
Bm            C
Way out in Idaho,
C
A-workin' on the narrow gauge
G             C
Way out in Idaho.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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