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Ride Cowboy Ride
Recorded by Marty Robbins
Written by Lee Emerson

F                C
Ride cowboy ride don't ride too slow
G7                     C
Tucson's a mighty long way yet to go

                            G7
He started his long ride in Prescott 
    C                    G7
The sun was a hundred or more
C                       G7
On down he rode at full gallop 
C        G7          C
Into the flat desert floor

                        G7
Driving the big herd to Flagstaff 
   C                       G7
In Prescott the letter was there
C                       G7
Happiness soon would be sorrow 
C            G7         C
Sad news the letter did bear

Repeat #1

                             G7
Your darling now lies on her deathbed 
C                   G7
Racked by fever and pain
C                       G7
Reaching for you at her bedside 
    C                 G7           C
And each breath she's calling your name

                         G7
Forward he leaned in the saddle 
C                            G7
Pushing through mesquite and sage
    C                       G7
His head never raised for a greeting 
   C             G7         C
As he passed the Wickenburg Stage

Repeat #1

                     G7
In Phoenix he traded horses 
C                       G7
Now on the back of this roan
C                       G7
He could see visions of Tucson 
    C           G7           C
His darling and their lovely home

F                C
Ride cowboy ride don't ride too slow
G7                          C
There's still a hundred and twenty to go

                             G7
In through the ranch gate he galloped 
C                        G7
And without breaking his stride
C                     G7
He bounded out of the saddle 
    C             G7              C
And rushed to his sweet darling's side

                       G7
Then as the dying girl saw him 
  C                   G7
A smile came over her face
C                      G7
Holding her hand as it tightened 
C          G7         C
Barely had he won the race

F                C
Ride cowboy ride on through the blue
G7                         C
Ride cowboy ride she'll be waiting for you
F                C
Ride cowboy ride on through the blue
G7                         C
Ride cowboy ride she'll be waiting for you

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