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Date: 8/27/98; 4:15:32 PM
From: "Jim and Donna Lawrence" <jimanddonnalawrence@erols.com>
Subject: "Ride Cowboy Ride" by "Riders In The Sky"

Song: Ride Cowboy Ride
Sung by: Riders In The Sky
CD: Songs of the West , Volume One
Transcribed by: M. Lawrence

Intro: G

Verse
    G
    Up in the morning at the break of day
                          C
    You'll hear a big bearded cowboy at the chuck wagon say
    D
    Gather round boys, the coffee's hot on the fire
                                                            D7             G
    There's a full day of brandin', we heatin' the irons

    I want to smell that scorched hair and burnin' hide
            C
    The horses are grained boys, their ready to ride
    D
G
    Roll up your bedrolls and jump in your boots
    N.C.
    Daylight is a wastin' boys it's out of the shoots

Chorus
    G                     C       F            C
    Come on and ride, Cowboy ride
    G
C
    Roll up your reata's* and pull your sombrero's* down tight
                           F                                  C
    We're gonna ride, ride, ride where the trail will wind
                          F                                              C
    You'd better ride, ride, ride or we'll leave you behind
                            G              G7                       C
A
    Come on and ride, ride, ride Cowboy ride......

Key change
Verse
    A
    It's a beautiful morning and you've had a good rest
    D
    You ropers get ready to be at your best
    E
    Let's saddle them ponies and tighten the cinch
                                            E7
A
    Pull on your gloves and take your hat off the fence

    We'll get the cattle to market and after their sold
            D
    You can all let your hair down, get lazy and bold
    E                                                                A
    Ride into town and find a lady or two
    N.C.
    To take you by the hand and shake the dust off your boots

Chorus
    A                      D      G            D
    Come on and ride, Cowboy ride
    A
D
    Roll up your reata's* and pull your sombrero's* down tight
                           G                                        D
    We're gonna ride, ride, ride where the trail will wind
                          G                                    D
    You'd better ride, ride, ride or we'll leave you behind
                            A               A7
    Come on and ride, ride, ride
                    D                        G                        Bb
A   D
     Cowboy ride (ride, ride) ride, (ride, ride) ride, (ride, ride)......

*Reata's pronounced - (re-et-as) spanish for Lasso
*Sombrero's pronounced - (som-brare - oh's) spanish for Hat