Old Western Story

CAPO 1 E E A E Gather the wagons get ready to roll A B7 Dreams of the west down deep in our souls E A E We should have known the wild prairie wind A E B7 Would cut through a blanket of buffalo skin E A E Wrapped in those robes high up on the wagons A E B7 E That’s where that old western story begins E A E We heard there were renegades rustlers and rogues A B7 There’ll be the devil to pay I suppose E A E Half crazy outlaws harder than stone A E B7 Scavengers waiting to savage our bones E A E Wounded and weary high up on the wagons A E B7 E And so that Old western story goes on E A E The Rockies stood waiting to challenge a man A B7 Every morning the wagon boss gave his command E A E Deep in the snow in a high mountain pass A E B7 How many lifetimes can one winter last E A E Hungry and frozen high up on the wagons A E B7 E Who thought that old western story would last E A E In the valleys out west came the end of the line A B7 A footnote in history a step out of time E A E Carving a life out of timber and stone A E B7 Living and dying our story goes on E A E Ten generations living and dying A E B7 E That old western story is written in stone