The Prisoned Cowboy chords by Hank Snow

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
D MajorD


Verse 1:
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Kind friends you have heard the story
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And the song called Twenty One Years
D MajorD
All of how two Versed
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Of their sorrow, pain and tears

G+G            D MajorD
I am another who's heartbroken
G+G            D MajorD  A augmentedA
And I'm in this lonesome jail
D MajorD
I was once an honest ranger
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Tried for fame but soon I failed

Verse 2:
D MajorD
I was a cowboy singer
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And I played the old guitar
D MajorD
But my mind was set on roaming
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I started out for lands a-far

G+G           D MajorD
Soon fell with bad companions
G+G             D MajorD  A augmentedA
And we robbed the Southern mail
D MajorD
Shot and killed some helpless lady
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As I think my face grows pale


Interlude:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
(yodeling)

Verse 2:
D MajorD
I had a pretty sweet heart
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And she though the world of me
D MajorD
But Versed at the station
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Down in sunny Tennessee

G+G              D MajorD
Last night from her I got a letter
G+G              D MajorD    A augmentedA
Saying, "I can never be your bride"
D MajorD
As the moon shone though my window
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I bowed down my head and cried


Verse 3:
D MajorD
Never more we'll stroll together;
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Down in dear old Lover's Lane
D MajorD
I must spend my life in prison
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I pray on high we'll meet again


Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
(yodeling)