Key: C
Introduction:
C F C
Wildcat Kelly looking mighty pale,
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Was standing by the sheriff's side
C F C
And when the sheriff said "I'm sending you to
jail, "
C G7 C Am
Oh give me land, lots of land
C Am
Under starry skies above.
C F G
Don't Fence Me In.
G G7
Let me ride through the wide open
G G7
Country that I love.
G G7 C
Don't Fence Me In.
C C7
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze,
F Dm7
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees.
C C7
Send me off forever,
F C7 F
but I ask you, please,
C G7 C
Don't Fence Me In.
C7 F
Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old
saddle
C
Underneath the western skies.
C7 F
On my cayuse let me wander over yonder
C
Till I see the mountains rise.
G G7 C
I want to ride to the ridge
C7
where the west commences,
F Dm7
Gaze at the moon until I lose my senses.
C C7
Can't look at hobbles
F C7 F
and I can't stand fen ces.
C G7 C
Don't Fence Me In.
Wild cat Kelly back again in town,