Buffalo Ballet Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][G][Em][D][A][G][Em]

[Verse 1]
[D]When
Abile[A]ne [G]was young and [D]gay
And thunder [A]storms [G]filled up the [D]day
The [G]cattle [D]roamed [G]outside the [D]town

[Verse 2]
Sleep[A]ing in the midday [Em]sun
Sleeping in the midday [D]sun
[A]Sleeping in the midday [Em]sun
Sleeping in the midday [D]sun

[Verse 3]
[D]Then tracks were [A]lain [G]across the [D]plain
By broken old [A]men [G]in torrid rains
[D]The[G] towns grew up [D]and the
[G]people [D]were still

[Verse 4]
Sleep[A]ing in the midday [Em]sun
Sleeping in the midday [D]sun
Sleep[A]ing in the midday [Em]sun
Sleeping in the midday [D]sun

[Verse 5]
We [F]all joined [G]in and [Bb]all joined hand[D]s
[F]All joined [G]in to help [Bb]run
[A]this land
[G]Then soldiers came, [D]long long ago
[G]Rode through the town and [D]rode
down those who were

[Verse 6]
Sleep[A]ing in the midday [Em]sun
Sleeping in the midday [D]sun
Sleep[A]ing in the midday [Em]sun
Sleeping in the midday [D]sun

[Verse 7]
[D]Gold came and [A]went, [G]quickly spe[D]nt
And the people broke [A]down
[G]and often [D]drowned
In the [G]wealth and [D]pain of [G]old Abilene

[Verse 8]
[D]Sleeping[A] in the midday sun[Em][D]
Sleep[A]ing in the midday [Em]sun[D]
Sleep[A]ing in the midday [Em]sun[D]
[A]Sleeping [Em]in th[D]e [A]midday sun[Em]