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Indian Cowboy by Joe Ely - on 3 string cigar box guitar

Will dedicate this one to nation friend, Ellwood Bear. Song is in C, but capoed 2 to D.

Indian Cowboy by Joe Ely

If you [C]ever go [G] out to the [C] circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the [G]wire.
I'll [C]tell you a tale to re- [F]member
When the [C] white horses [G] leaped rings of [C]fire.

It was a cold [G] night in Okla- [G]homa
And the show was about to be-[G]gin
The [C] animals they was all [F] restless
When the [C] star-horse she [G]broke from her [C]pen

Now, she was a [G]mare of high [C]spirits
Like a whore on a Saturday [G] night
Just a-[C]kickin' and a-buckin' while the [F]men
were a-brushin'
The [C] elephants [G] lined on the [C]side

Now close to the [G] tent sat a [C] lantern
Dangerously close to the [G] hay
That [C]mare headed straight for that [F]lantern
Some [C] fool left [G]there by [C]mistake

Then up jumps an [G] Indian [C] Cowboy
his lasso he whirls through the [G] air.
Smack-[C]dab in the middle of [F]danger
He [C]ropes the [G]runaway [C]mare

And the elephants [G] raised up their [C]trumpets
And one of them broke from her [G] chains
And stam-[C] peded that Indian [F]Cowboy
Who [C] just saved the [G] big top from [C]flames.

Re-[C]member that Indian [F]Cowboy
When the [C]white horses [G]leap rings of [C]fire.

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Comment by Uncle John on April 30, 2012 at 6:48am: Sorry Ron. How could I have forgotten snake bite medicine and a bad cowboy cop! Liked your link.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 29, 2012 at 9:28am: Dr. (oops, Uncle) John's Prescription For a Good Cowboy Song:

horse, dance hall gal, cows, saloon, Preparation H, prairie, mountain, camp fire or whistling.

What? No snakebite medicine? No flawed-but-courageous lawman? No steel-nosed gunslinger? No rapacious cattle baron? No Injun massacree? No "Won't somone help that poor man?"

Well, at least you got the blazing saddle in there. >:-E

And for your enjoyment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-goo...

Comment by Uncle John on April 26, 2012 at 9:39pm: Thanks John Maw. Songs work best if you feel them. I love a good story.

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on April 26, 2012 at 8:39am: Very nicely sung Uncle John. The way you sing it really makes it feel as if you had been there and seen it for yourself.