Arkansas Dave chords by George Strait

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
 C majorC G+G C majorC C G+G C majorC


Verse 1:

C majorC        G+G   C majorC
He rode up on a winter day

C majorC          G+G      C majorC
Steam rising off a streak-faced bay

FF          C majorC    FF
Said, you probably know my name

C majorC         G+G    C majorC
If you don't it's Arkansas Dave

Verse 2:

  C majorC         G+G   C majorC
He talked of fifteen years ago

   C majorC       G+G   C majorC
And how he got the bay he rode

     FF       C majorC    FF
Said, he killed a man in Oh - i - o

    C majorC          G+G    C majorC
First man he killed, first horse he stole


Chorus 1:

     FF       C majorC    FF
It was a long road for Arkansas Dave

  C majorC         G+G    C majorC
He shot and left him where he lay

      FF         C majorC   FF
Said, he'd never forget that winter day

C majorC         G+G      C majorC
He rode off on a streak-faced bay


Verse 4:

C majorC         G+G     C majorC
I stood up and I shook his hand

   C majorC       G+G    C majorC
Told no one that I knew this man

 FF       C majorC   FF
Started thinking of a plan

    C majorC        G+G     C majorC
'Bout how I'd deal him his last hand

Verse 5:

    C majorC        G+G  C majorC
Didn't take him long to come unwound

C majorC            G+G    C majorC
He jumped up and gunned two men down

 FF       C majorC     FF
Ran outside to leave the town

     C majorC       G+G   C majorC
But ol' bay was nowhere to be found

--Modulate up to D--


Verse 6:

  D MajorD        A augmentedA   D MajorD
I hid out with my forty-four

   D MajorD          A augmentedA      D MajorD
And when he walked back through the door

  G+G         D MajorD    G+G
I shot till I could shoot no more

      D MajorD      A augmentedA    D MajorD
And Dave Rudabaugh fell to the floor


Chorus 2:

      G+G          D MajorD    G+G
It was the end of the road for Arkansas Dave

  D MajorD         A augmentedA    D MajorD
I shot and left him where he lay

   G+G         D MajorD   G+G
I'll never forget that winter day

D MajorD         A augmentedA      D MajorD
I rode off on the streak faced bay

     G+G         D MajorD   G+G
No I'll never forget that winter day

D MajorD            A augmentedA      D MajorD
I rode home on daddy's streak faced bay


Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD D A augmentedA D MajorD

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