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
