Key: B
Introduction:
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verse 1
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Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro
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Back in the saddle again
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My little boy said, "Daddy, who's Gene Autry?"
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His old movie was comin' on TV
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And I said, "Let me tell you about him, son"
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And I took him upon my knee
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"Why, when I was a little boy about your size
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And just about every Saturday night
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When I could scrape up a dime for the movies
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And when my Daddy said alright"
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"I'd be right downtown at the picture show
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Like everybody else that could
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To see a handsome man
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On a big fine stallion goin' about, doin' good"
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Singin', "Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro
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Put him back in the saddle again
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Whoopi tai ai yeh, let him go on his way
F Bb
Back in the saddle again"
verse 2
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"Well, he could ride his horse and play his guitar
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And sing all at the same time
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And I was ridin' right along there beside him
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On that broomstick pony of mine"
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"And you know his pistol never ran out of bullets
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When the bad guys had to be stopped
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And somehow his bullets never drew any blood
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But the bad guys dropped when he shot"
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"Yeah, old Gene was an image of justice
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And goodness and purity
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And in the eyes of a poor, little country boy
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He made the world look better to me"
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Singin', "Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro
F
Put him back in the saddle again
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Whoopi tai ai yeh, let him go on his way
F Bb
Back in the saddle again"
verse 3
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"And you know the way he rescued the rancher's daughter
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He'd sent a thrill right up the aisle
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And the endin' would always send us home
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With a good victorious smile"
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"Now you ask me, 'Who's Gene Autry?'
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Well, son, go ahead and watch the show
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And then ride off into the sunset with him
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Like I did forty years ago"
Eb Bb
Singin', "Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro
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Put him back in the saddle again
Eb Bb
Whoopi tai ai yeh, let him go on his way
F Bb
Back in the saddle again"