The Prisoned Cowboy chords by Hank Snow

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D


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

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


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

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


Interlude:
D  A  D
(yodeling)


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

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


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


Outro:
D  A  D
(yodeling)