Quickdraw Southpaws Last Hurrah (CHORDS) by Jim Henry
[Intro]~
C F C Am C G C F C Am C G C
[Verse 1]~
F C
Billy begged his daddy,.. "Daddy,.. let's go
Am C G C
To Quickdraw Southpaw's Wild West Show
F C
Big Chief Barker and Buffalo Slim"
Am C G C
Billy said,.. "Man I wanna be like them"
[Verse 2]~
F C
"Son,.. my son it's a crying shame
Am C Dm G
The range is fenced and the west is tamed"
C F C
"Daddy,.. oh daddy,.. didn't you know
Am C G C
There ain't no fences in a cowboy's soul"
[Chorus]~
Em F C
Whoa boys,.. look at him ride
Am C Dm G
On a sawdust prairie in a big top sky
Em F C
Whoa boys,.. the whole town saw
F C G F
The first ovation to the final call
G C
And Quickdraw Southpaw's last hurrah
[Instrumental]~
C F C Am C G C
[Verse 3]~
F C
Billy signed on the day he turned sixteen
Am C Dm G
Didn't know a cinch from a latigo lead
C F C
But he learned how to rope,.. to canter and shoot
Am C G C
Till he looked right familiar in the boss man's boots
[Chorus]~
Em F C
Whoa boys,.. look at him ride
Am C Dm G
On a sawdust prairie in a big top sky
Em Am F Em
Whoa boys,.. the heart walks tall
F C G F
From an old man's folly to a young man's fall
G C
And Quickdraw Southpaw's last hurrah
[Instrumental]~
C F C Am C G C
{Bridge]~
Am Em
Double trouble and the Texas skip
F C
He worked the circuit on the hayseed strip
Am Em
The carney route over New Madrid
F C
For fifty good years he was the two-gun kid
[Verse 4]~
C F C
For fifty good years he watched the clock wind down
Am C Dm G
Skyscrapers climbing over one-horse towns
C F C
The times got meaner and the crowds got small
Am C G C
Billy never seemed to notice at all
[Chorus]~
Em F C
Whoa,.. boys,.. look at him ride
Am C Dm G
On a sawdust prairie in a big top sky
Em Am F Em
Whoa,.. boys,.. you can't get far
F C G F
On a bone-tired pony and a falling star
G C
And Quickdraw Southpaw's last hurrah
[Instrumental]~
Em F C Am Em F G
[Verse 5]~
C F C
Now his spurs don't jingle like they used to do
Am C G C
The sky's in tatters and the moon peeks through
F C
Every night he saddles up old Joe
Am C G C
Saying,.. "Giddy-up partner,.. just one more show"
[Verse 6]~
F C
Up in the bleachers in the very front row
Am C Dm G
Sits a wide-eyed boy with his daddy in tow
C F C
And the kid goes home and he dreams again
Am C G C
Of a lonely rider on the wayward wind
F G C
He says,.. "Some day I'm gonna be like him"
[Chorus]~
Em F C
Whoa boys,.. look at him ride
Am C Dm G
On a sawdust prairie in a big top sky
Em Am F Em
Whoa,.. boys,.. it's a natural law
F C G F
The dream keeps going though the dreamer stalls
G F
And the night comes in and the curtain falls
G C
And Quickdraw Southpaw's last hurrah
[Outro]~
C F C Am C G C
C F C Am C G C
C F C Am C G C F C Am C G C
[Verse 1]~
F C
Billy begged his daddy,.. "Daddy,.. let's go
Am C G C
To Quickdraw Southpaw's Wild West Show
F C
Big Chief Barker and Buffalo Slim"
Am C G C
Billy said,.. "Man I wanna be like them"
[Verse 2]~
F C
"Son,.. my son it's a crying shame
Am C Dm G
The range is fenced and the west is tamed"
C F C
"Daddy,.. oh daddy,.. didn't you know
Am C G C
There ain't no fences in a cowboy's soul"
[Chorus]~
Em F C
Whoa boys,.. look at him ride
Am C Dm G
On a sawdust prairie in a big top sky
Em F C
Whoa boys,.. the whole town saw
F C G F
The first ovation to the final call
G C
And Quickdraw Southpaw's last hurrah
[Instrumental]~
C F C Am C G C
[Verse 3]~
F C
Billy signed on the day he turned sixteen
Am C Dm G
Didn't know a cinch from a latigo lead
C F C
But he learned how to rope,.. to canter and shoot
Am C G C
Till he looked right familiar in the boss man's boots
[Chorus]~
Em F C
Whoa boys,.. look at him ride
Am C Dm G
On a sawdust prairie in a big top sky
Em Am F Em
Whoa boys,.. the heart walks tall
F C G F
From an old man's folly to a young man's fall
G C
And Quickdraw Southpaw's last hurrah
[Instrumental]~
C F C Am C G C
{Bridge]~
Am Em
Double trouble and the Texas skip
F C
He worked the circuit on the hayseed strip
Am Em
The carney route over New Madrid
F C
For fifty good years he was the two-gun kid
[Verse 4]~
C F C
For fifty good years he watched the clock wind down
Am C Dm G
Skyscrapers climbing over one-horse towns
C F C
The times got meaner and the crowds got small
Am C G C
Billy never seemed to notice at all
[Chorus]~
Em F C
Whoa,.. boys,.. look at him ride
Am C Dm G
On a sawdust prairie in a big top sky
Em Am F Em
Whoa,.. boys,.. you can't get far
F C G F
On a bone-tired pony and a falling star
G C
And Quickdraw Southpaw's last hurrah
[Instrumental]~
Em F C Am Em F G
[Verse 5]~
C F C
Now his spurs don't jingle like they used to do
Am C G C
The sky's in tatters and the moon peeks through
F C
Every night he saddles up old Joe
Am C G C
Saying,.. "Giddy-up partner,.. just one more show"
[Verse 6]~
F C
Up in the bleachers in the very front row
Am C Dm G
Sits a wide-eyed boy with his daddy in tow
C F C
And the kid goes home and he dreams again
Am C G C
Of a lonely rider on the wayward wind
F G C
He says,.. "Some day I'm gonna be like him"
[Chorus]~
Em F C
Whoa boys,.. look at him ride
Am C Dm G
On a sawdust prairie in a big top sky
Em Am F Em
Whoa,.. boys,.. it's a natural law
F C G F
The dream keeps going though the dreamer stalls
G F
And the night comes in and the curtain falls
G C
And Quickdraw Southpaw's last hurrah
[Outro]~
C F C Am C G C
C F C Am C G C
