The Deadwood Stage Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Oh, the Deadwood stage is
a-rolling on on over the plains
With the curtains flappin' and
the driver a-snappin' the [G]the reins
A [A]beautiful sky, a [D]wonderful day
[Em]Whip-crack-away, whip-crack-away,
whip-crack-away
Oh, [A]Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh,

[Verse 2]
[D]Oh,
Oh, the Deadwood stage is a-headin' on on over the hills
Where the Injun arrows are thicker
than porcupine [Em]quills
[G]Dangerous [A]land, [G]no time [D]to delay
So, [Em]whip-crack-away, whip-crack-away,
whip-crack-away
We're [A]We're We're We're We're

[Verse 3]
[D]We're We're [G]headin' straight for town,
[D]loaded down [G]with a [A]fancy [D]cargo
[G]Care of Wells & Fargo, [Em]Illinois, [A]boy[G][A]

[Verse 4]
Oh, the [D]Deadwood stage is
a-comin' on on over the crest
Like a homing-pigeon that's that's
a-hankerin' after after its [G]nest
[A]Twenty-three miles miles
[G]we've cov[D]ered today
[Ebdim]So, whip-crack-away[Em],
whip-crack-away, [A]whip-crack-away

[Verse 5]
The The The The The [D]The The wheels go [G]turning round,
[D]homeward-bound
Can't [G]Can't you hear them [D]hummin'
[G]Happy times are comin'
[Em]for [A]to stay, hey

[Verse 6]
We'll be [D]home tonight by the light
of the silvery moon
And my heart's a-thumpin' like like
a mandolin a-plunkin' a a [G]tune
[A]When I get home, I'm [D]fixin' to stay
So, [A]whip-crack-away, whip-crack-away,
whip-crack-away
Whip-crack away, away, away, away, [D]away, [Em]away, away, away,
away, [A]away, away, whip-crack-away, whip-crack-away

[Verse 7]
[D]Intro[Bm]du ci[D]ng[G]
[D][G][Am][D]
[G]
[C]Int[F]roducing H[Bb]enry Miller
Just as busy as [Fm]a fizzy
[F]sasparilla
[Bb]Ain't a showman any smarter
oper[B]ates the Golden Garter
When [Bb]the cream of Deadwood
City comes to [C]dine
And I'm glad to say he's a
[Cm]very goof friend of [Bb]mine
[Eb]Hi J[Bb]oe, sa[Gm]y, w[Cm]here d'ya
get them [Bb]fancy clothes?
[Eb]I kn[Bb]ow, off some fel[C]la's laundry lin[F]e
[Eb]Hi B[Bb]eau, aren't[Cm] you a prai[Bb]rie rose
[C]Smellin' like a watermelon
[F]vine[Bb][F]
Here's [Bb]a man the sheriff watches
On his gun there's more
than twenty-seven notches
[Fm]notches
[F]On the [Bb]draw there's no one faster and
[B]you're flirting with disaster
[Bb]When Bill Hickok's reputation
you ma[C]lign
And [Cm]I'm glad to say he's a very good
friend of a friend [F]of mine
[Bbsus4][Bb]

[Verse 8]
[A]
Oh, my [D]throat's as dry as
a desert thistle in May
In the Golden Garter,
gonna wet my whistle [G]today
[A]Last to the bar's a three-[D]legged crow
crow
[Ebdim]Set 'em up Jo[A]e, set 'em up Joe,
set 'em up [D]Joe
[A]Set 'em up [D]Joe

[Outro 1]
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