The Christmas Trail

F G C C/B Am F G C C F C The wind is blowin cold down the mountain tips of snow G And 'cross the ranges lyin brown and dead C F C It's cryin through the valley trees that wear the mistletoe G C And mournin' with the grey clouds overhead F G C Am Yet it's sweet with the beat of my little horses feet F G C And I whistle like the air is warm and blue F G C Am Am/G For I'm ridin up the christmas trail to you, old folks F G C I'm ridin up the christmas trail to you C F C Oh maybe it was good when the whinny of the spring G Had wheeled me to hoppin of the bars C F C And livin in the shadow of a sailin buzzards wing G C And sleepin underneath a roof of stars F G C Am But the bright campfire light only dances for a night F G C While the home fire burns forever clear and true F G C Am Am/G So round the year I circle back to you, old folks F G C And I'm ridin up the christmas trail to you Break into KEY CHANGE F G C C/B Am F G C D G D Oh maybe it was good at the roundup in the fall A When the clouds of bawlin dust before us ran D G D And the pride of rope and saddle was the drivin of us all A D To a stretch of nerve and muscle man to man G A D D/C# Bm But the pride sorta died when the man got weary eyed G A D Was a sleepy boy who rode the night guard through G A D D/C# D/B D/A And he dreamed himself along a trail to you, old folks G A D Dreamed himself along the Christmas trail to you D G D The coyotes winter howl cuts the dusk behind the hill A And the ranch's shinin window I can see D G D And though I don't deserve it and I reckon never will A D There'll be room beside the fire kept for me G A D D/C# Bm Skimp my plate cause I'm late, let me hit the old home gate G A D For tonight I'm stumblin' tired of the new G A D D/C# D/B D/A So I'm ridin up the Christmas trail to you, old folks G A D I'm ridin up the Christmas trail to you G A D D/C# D/B D/A I'm ridin up the Christmas trail to you, old folks G A D I'm ridin up the Christmas trail to you