The Ballad Of Belle Starr - Michael Martin Murphey Chords
Chords: C, F, G, Am
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Genre: country, folk, western
A great song by a great artist, Michael Martin Murphy's ballad tells the true
story of
the "pettycoat outlaw" Belle Starr.
As you can tell, the whole song is paired in verses of 2, and the pattern of
the first
two verses repeats throughout the rest of the song.
To hear how the lyrics are sung you can purchase MMM's album, Cowboy Songs 3.
C F C G
As she rode into Dallas on a dashing black stallion
C F C G
The silver trimmed bridle caught the rays of the sun
C F C G
She had a plume in the band of her spotless white Stetson
C F G C
A long velvet gown and two matching six guns.
Am F G C
Sometimes she wore fringe on her bright beaded buckskins
F C Am G
Raised hell with her pistols and smoked a cigar
C F C G
She had a rattlesnake necklace and she loved desperados
C F G C
This pettycoat wildcat, the outlaw Belle Starr.
Born Myrabelle Sherley in Southwest Missouri
She spoke Greek and Latin and Hebrew quite well
She's fierce as a wildcat, deadly aim with a pistol
She played the piano like a sweet Southern belle.
Her brother rode under the black flag in Kansas
He was killed with one thrill in the great Civil War
She was only sixteen when she bought twin revolvers
And began her career as the outlaw Belle Starr.
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