Key: A
Introduction:
A G A D D9 G/B D A D
Oh, give me land, lots of land under star - ry skies above --
G D A
Don't fence me in.
A7 Em7 A7 Em7 A7
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love --
Gº D
Don't fence me in.
A7 D Dm7 D7 D7(9) D9
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze,
G G/F# Em7 Gm7
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
D F#m B7
Send me off forever but I ask you please,
E7 A7 D
Don't fence me in.
D7 G G/F# Em7
Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
G/B D G D
Underneath the western skies
D7 G G/F# Em7
On my cayuse, let me wander over yonder
G/B A7 Em7 A7
Till I see the mountains rise
A Em7 A D Dm7 D7 D7(9) D9
I want to ride to the ridge where the West com - men - ces,
G G/F# Em7 Gm7
And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
D F#m B7
I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences --
E7 A7 D
Don't fence me in.