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Utah Carol
Recorded by Marty Robbins

C                                  F                     C
And now my friends you've asked me what makes me sad and still
                                     G7              C
And why my brow is darkened like the clouds upon the hill
F                  C               F              C
Run in your ponies closer and I'll tell to you my tale
                                 G7               C
Of Utah Carol my partner and his last ride on the trail
 
                               F               C
We rode the range together and rode it side by side
                                 G7             C
I loved him like a brother and I wept when Utah died
F                       C            F               C
We were rounding up one morning when work was almost done
                            G7                      C
When on his side the cattle started on a frightened run

                               F               C
Underneath the saddle that the boss's daughter rode
                           G7                  C
Utah that very morning had placed a bright red robe
F                        C        F                 C
So the saddle might ride easy for Lenore his little friend
                            G7                      C
And it was this red blanket that brought him to his end

                             F                 C
The blanket was now dragging behind her on the ground
                                 G7                C
The frightened cattle saw it and charged it with a bound
F                   C          F                 C
Lenore then saw her danger and turned her pony's face
                          G7                      C
And leaning in the saddle tied the blanket to its place

                                        F                  C
But in leaning lost her balance fell in front of that wild tide
                            G7                       C
Lay still Lenore I'm coming were the words that Utah cried
F                 C           F                  C
His faithful pony saw her and reached her with a bound
                               G7                      C
I thought he'd been successful and raised her from the ground

                               F                 C
But the weight upon the saddle had not been felt before
                                    G7             C
His back cinch snapped like thunder and he fell by Lenore
F              C          F                 C
Picking up the blanket he swung it over his head
                              G7                  C
And started cross the prairie lay still Lenore he said

                                    F                C
When he got the stampede turned and saved Lenore his friend
                               G7                 C
Then turned to face the cattle and meet his fatal end
F                        C             F                    C
His six gun flashed like lightning the report rang loud and clear
                                    G7                     C
As the cattle rushed and killed him he dropped the leading steer

                       F                    C
On his funeral morning I heard the preacher say
                           G7                 C
I hope we'll all meet Utah at the roundup far away
F                          C            F                C
Then they wrapped him in a blanket that saved his little friend
                            G7                      C
And it was this red blanket that brought him to his end 

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