Ballad Of Cole Younger - Michael Martin Murphey Chords
Chords: Dm, Am, C, G, A
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Genre: country, folk, cowboy
[Intro]
Dm Am Dm Am
[Verse 1]
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I'm a highway bandit man, Cole Younger is my name;
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And many a depredation, brought my life to shame
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The robbing of the Northfield bank is a crime I'll never deny
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I'm a lonesome prisoner, in the Stillwater jail I lie
[Verse 2]
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When the Younger boys left Texas, that good old lone star state
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Out on the Nebraska prairies, the James boys, we did meet
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With knives, guns, and revolvers, we all sit down to play
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A good old game of poker, just to pass the time away
[Verse 3]
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Out on the Nebraska prairie, a Denver train came along
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Says I to Bob, "Let's rob her as she goes rollin' on"
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Killed the engineer and the fire men, the conductor escaped alive
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But his body now lies moldy, underneath the Nebraska sky
[Verse 4]
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We saddled up our horses, and northward we did go
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To the god-forsaken country they called Minnie-soh-tee-oh
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I had my eye upon the Northfield bank when my brother Bob did say
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"Cole, if you undertake this job, you'll always curse the day"
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[Solo]
Dm Am C G Dm
Dm Am C G A
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