Key: C
Introduction: C F G7 C
C G7
When it's roundup time in Texas and the bloom is on the sage,
G7 C
How I long to be in Texas back a-ridin' on the range
E7 Am E7 Am
Just to smell the bacon fryin' when it's sizzlin' in the pan,
D7 G7
Hear the breakfast horn in the early morn drinkin' coffee from a can
C G7
Just a-ridin' rockin' ropin' bound to leather all day long,
G7 E7
Just a-swayin' sweatin' swearin' listenin? to a cowhand's song
A7 D7
How it beckons and I reckon I would work for any wage,
C F G7 C
To be free again just to be again where the bloom is on the sage.
G7 C
To most folks there's a spot that lives forever,
G7 C C7
Deep down within their fondest memories,
F Fm C Am
Though I have been a rover I have never,
D7 G7
Seen anyplace that I would rather be
C G7
When it's roundup time in Texas and the bloom is on the sage,
G7 C
How I long to be in Texas back a-ridin' on the range
E7 Am E7 Am
Just to smell the bacon fryin' when it's sizzlin' in the pan,
D7 G7
Hear the breakfast horn in the early morn drinkin' coffee from a can
C G7
Just a-ridin' rockin' ropin' bound to leather all day long,
G7 E7
Just a-swayin' sweatin' swearin' listenin? to a cowhand's song
A7 D7
How it beckons and I reckon I would work for any wage,
C F G7 C
To be free again just to be again where the bloom is on the sage.