The Cowboy Christmas Ball Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[C]Way out in West Texas,
where the Clearfolk waters [G]flow,
Where the cattle are ""a- browzin',
"" an' the Spanish ponies [C]grow
Where the [Am]Northers ""come a- whist
[Em]lin'"" and the [F]ol' dust devils [G]row
And the [C]prairie dogs [F]are sneezin',
[C]and a'[G]freezin from [C]the cold
Where the lonesome townie prairies
melt into the airy [G]stream
And the double mountains slumber in the
heavenly kind of [C]dreams
Where the [Am]antelope is [Em]grazin
and the [F]lonely plovers [G]call
It was [C]there that I at[F]tended [C]""The [G]Cow
boys' Christmas [C]Ball.""

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
The [C]music was a fiddle
and a lively tambourine
[G]And the big imported
by stage [C]from Amboline
And the [Am]room was togged out [Em]gorgeous-
with [F]mistletoe [G]and shawls,
And the [C]candles flickered [F]frescoes,
[C]all around them [G]airy wall[C]s.
And the women folk looked lonesome-
the boys looked kinda [G]treed,
Till the leader commenced to yellin': ""Hey boys,
let's all stam[C]pede, ""
And the [Am]mu sic started s[Em]ighin',
[F]an' awailin' through [G]the hall
As a [C]kind of introduc[F]tion to [C]""The [G]Cow
boys' Christmas [C]Ball.""

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 3]
Now their [Db]leader was a feller that
came from [Ab]Swenson's ranch,
They called him ""Windy Billy,
"" from ""little Deadman's [Db]Branch.""
When [Bbm]he commenced to hol[Fm]lerin',
""Now, [Gb]fellers stake [Ab]your pen!
""Lock [Db]horns with all them [Gb]heifers,
[Db]an' russle 'em like men.
""Saloot yer lovely critters now
swing an' let 'em [Ab]go,
""Climb the grape vine 'round and round,
boys let's do- ce- [Db]do!
""You Mav[Bbm]ericks,
join the [Fm]round- up- [Gb]skip her water[Ab]fall, ""
Huh! [Db]It was gettin' ha[Gb]ppy,
[Db]The Cowboys' Christmas Ball

[Verse 4]
[Gb]
Now [Db]the [A]boys[D] was a little
bit skiddish
The ladies was powerful to [A]me
That big days finally music made
us jumpin with both [D]feet
That [Bm]wailin' frisky [F#m]fiddle,
I [G]never will for[A]get
And [D]windy ol' Bill kept [G]singin'
and I be[D]lieve I [A]hear [D]him yet
Oh yes, boys, chasing squirrels,
cut'em to the [A]side
Doc' Hollis to the center,
now cross Pete Charlie's [D]bride
[Bm]Turn around you gentle kit[F#m]tens,
I [G]wrote them that [A]ol' song
Hey [D]hittin was gettin' [G]active at thee Cow
[D]boy's Christmas Ball

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 5]
And the [D]dust rose fast and furious,
we all just galloped [A]round
Till the scenery got so dizzy,
a few ol'cow folks fell [D]down
We [Bm]buckled to our [F#m]partners and
[G]told them to hold [A]on
[D]We shook our hooves like [G]ryman
un[D]til the [A]early [D]dawn

[Verse 6]
Don't tell [D]me 'bout cotillions
line dancin' [A]no sire'ee!
That dancin' Anson City still
takes the cake [D]for me.
Now [Bm]boys I won't for[F#m]get ya,
I [G]of ten will re[A]call[D][G][D][A][D]
Oh no I won't for[G]get it,
[A]that Cowboys' Christmas [D]Ball.

[Outro 1]
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