when the works all done this fall Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[C]
[G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
A band of jolly cowboys were [C]ex
pressing plans at [Am]ease
One [D]said I'll tell you somethin' boys,
if you will listen, [G]please
I am an old cow puncher and the
[C]year round dressed in [Am]rags
I [D]used to be a tough'n boys and
I'd pick the risky [G]jags

[Verse 2]
[G]Yes I have a home boys,
and a [C]good one you should [Am]know
But [D]boys I haven't seen
it since the fall long [G]ago
I'm a'going back to Dixie and I
ex[C]pect to see'em [Am]all
I'm [D]a'goin to see my mother when the work's
all done this [G]fall

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
[G]When I left my home,
boys, my [C]Mother for me [Am]cried
She [D]begged me not to leave her,
for me she would have [G]died
Her poor old heart was breaking
breaking [C]for me that's [Am]all
But [D]with God's help I'll see her when
the work's all done this [G]fall

[Verse 4]
That [G]very night old Charlie would
[C]have to stand his [Am]guard
The [D]night was dark and cloudy
the storm was very [G]hard
Then the cattle all got frightened
and they [C]ran in wild stam[Am]pede
He [D]tried his best to turn the
herd while riding at full [G]speed

[Verse 5]
He was riding in the [G]darkness
as [C]loudly he did [Am]shout
He [D]did his best to head the leaders
and turn the herd [G]about
Then his saddle horse did stumble and
[C]upon him it did [Am]fall
[D]Charlie won't see his Mother boys when
the work's all done this [G]fall
[C][Am][D][G]

[Verse 6]
[G]
Jack, you may have my pistol and
[C]Doo you may have my [Am]bed
And [D]Jim you may have my saddle
after I am [G]dead
Please write my Mother gently
and [C]tell her of my [Am]fall
For [D]I'll not see my Mother boys when
the work's all done this [G]fall

[Verse 7]
[G]Charlie died at day break,
no [C]tombstone at his [Am]head
There was [D]nothing but a wooden
slab and this is what it [G]said
"Charlie died at sunrise.
He [C]died from a fall
[Am]He's headi[D]ng for that better
range he heard his Master [G]call