I Traded My Saddle For A Rifle chords by Hank Snow

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
Guitar strums (C majorC)(G+G)(C majorC)

Verse:
C majorC            FF     C majorC             G+G
I traded my saddle for a rifle, and left to join that troubled shore
 C majorC           FF     C majorC    G+G       C majorC
I hung my guitar in the attic, and laid a- -way my forty four
              FF       C majorC             G+G
I told the old folks I must leave them, I bid them all a fond fare- -well
 C majorC           FF      C majorC   G+G        C majorC
I left my faithful pony grazing, in clover by the old cor- -ral

Chorus:
 FF           C majorC
I traded my saddle for a rifle
              G+G
So kiss me darling we must part
  C majorC             FF
But when we've won this final victory
   C majorC    G+G       C majorC
I'll trade my rifle for your heart

Instrumental:
C majorC  FF  C majorC   G+G
C majorC  FF  C majorC  G+G C majorC

Verse:
            FF    C majorC             G+G
I told my mother not to worry, I said that I'd return some- -day
 C majorC              FF       C majorC     G+G        C majorC
I bent and kissed her wrinkled forehead, then turned and sadly walked a- -way
               FF       C majorC            G+G
The stars are growing dim my darling, they say my ship will sail at dawn
  C majorC            FF       C majorC    G+G         C majorC
So whisper softly that you love me, just two more hours and I'll be gone

Chorus:
 FF           C majorC
I traded my saddle for a rifle
              G+G
So kiss me darling we must part
  C majorC             FF
But when we've won this final victory
   C majorC    G+G       C majorC
I'll trade my rifle for your heart

Chorus:
 FF           C majorC
I traded my saddle for a rifle
              G+G
So kiss me darling we must part
  C majorC             FF
But when we've won this final victory
   C majorC    G+G       C majorC
I'll trade my rifle for your heart