The Goodnight-Loving Trail

B E B E B E B F# B F# B F# B E From the cross-timbers down, to the buffalo gown B F# 'Round "Chat-Per" then over the Concho B F# B E Up Sin Trail he draw, past Horsehead Trap B F# B Then north around Salt and O'Pecos G#m E Into the badlands of New Mexico B F# To the Indian camp, by the Bosque Ridando E F# B E We fathered a steer, who's swinging a bell B F# B E B F# B On the Goodnight-Loving Trail, driving the Goodnight-Loving Trail E B E B F# B F# B F# B E For rough there's a heaven, for bed there's a ground B F# For an armchair a horse and a saddle B F# B E Wise man he works just for fourty and found B F# B Rich man must work for his cattle G#m E Keep an eye on the boss, keep two on the herd B F# Keep singing and crooning, so you don't get 'em stirred E F# B E 'Fore the San Penda Fe get a twist in their tails B F# B E B F# B On the Goodnight-Loving Trail, driving the Goodnight-Loving Trail B F# B E In spring we'd be gathered by the banks of the Brazos B F# By fall we'd be settled in Denver B F# B E John I live, by what the army had left us B F# B We try to be home by the winter N.C. G#m C#m7 Barbed wire and esters and mould-board plows B F# Make us all useless as the horns on our cows E F# B E While the steam engines whistle, sound us farewell. B F# B E B F# B On the Goodnight-Loving Trail, driving the Goodnight-Loving Trail B F# B E Watch out for Comanches, rustle your beaves B F# Watch closely the hand of the stranger B F# B E Mexican bandits, gringo horsetheives B F# B The trail life has plenty of dangers N.C. G#m C#m7 And barbed wire and esters and mould-board plows B F# Make us all useless as the horns on our cows E F# B E While the steam engines whistle, sound us farewell. B F# B E B F# B To the Goodnight-Loving Trail, farewell the Goodnight-Loving Trail E B E B F# B