Intro Dm
Dm With a thin high crack of leather
FBb A flash of silver spurs
GmBb The horseman comes to hoof beat drums
DmC A restless wanderer
DmAm Look quickly when he passes
BbGm Look quickly if you can
DmGmC You just might see the last American
DmBm7 He's riding o'er the far horizon
CF Without fear or shame
DmAmG So tip your hat and don't forget his name
FGC It's written in the Cowboy Hall of Fame
DmFBb He might be a rustler or he might be the law
GmFDmC He may go down in history as quickest on the draw
DmAmBbGm Or he may be a wrangler who's quicker with a song
DmGmC All you little doughgees git along
DCF No two bit tinhorn gambler's gonna cheat him in a game
DmAmC He'd rather take his poke and stake a claim
FGC On a rancho in the Cowboy Hall of Fame
GmDmCm7FBb Ride free forever on the unfenced open range
GmCF All the way to California and the sea
CAm But keep your powder dry and never change
Dm He's a ridin' down in Texas
FBb He's on the Chisholm Trail
GmF He'll go through old New Mexico
DmC Stand fast and never fail
DmF He's out in the Missouri Breaks
BbGm He's down in Monterey
DmGmC Look quickly 'cause he just went that away
DCF And he's going to Oklahoma trailing dust and shooting flames
DmAmG A man that only God himself could tame
FGC To hang his saddle in the Cowboy Hall of Fame
FGC To hang his saddle in the Cowboy Hall of Fame