Buffalo Skinners Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Traditional, [Am]arranged
By Arlo Guthrie
Come all you old time cow[Dm]boys
And [C]listen [G]to my [Am]song
Please do not grow weary
I'll [G]not detain you [Am]long
Concerning some wild cowboys
Who [G]did agree to [Am]go
And spend the summer [Dm]pleasant
On the range of the buffalo.
[Am]

[Verse 2]
Well I found myself [Dm]in Griffin
In eighteen [G]eighty-three
[Am]When When a man by
the name of Creagho
Come [G]a'walkin' up to [Am]me
Sayin "How do you
do young fella
And how'd [G]you like to [Am]go
And spend the summer pleasant
[Dm]On the range of the buff[Am]alo".

[Verse 3]
Well [Am]me being out of work right [Dm]then
To that drover [G]I did [Am]say
"My goin' out on the buffalo range
De[G]pends upon the [Am]pay
But if you pay good wages,
Transport[G]ation to and [Am]fro
I think I might go with [Dm]you
On the range of the [Am]Buffalo".

[Verse 4]
Well [Am]yes I pay good [Dm]wages
And transport[Am]ation too
If you'll agree to work for me
Un[G]til the season's [Am]through
But if you do get homesick
And you [G]try and run [Am]away
You'll starve to death out
on the [Dm]trail
And you'll also lose [Am]your pay

[Verse 5]
Well [Am]with all the flatterin' talkin'
[Dm]He signed up q[C]uite[G] a train[Am]
Some ten or twelve in number
Of [G]able bodied [Am]men
And our trip it was a pleasant one
Through [G]all New Mex[Am]ico
Until we crossed Pease [Dm]River
On the [C]range of the [Am]buffalo

[Verse 6]
It was [Am]there our pleasures [Dm]ended
[C]And our troubles all be[Am]gun
A lightnin' storm come up on us
And [G]made the cattle [Am]run
We got full of the stickers
On the [G]cactus that did [Am]grow
And the outlaws waited to pick us [Dm]off
In the hills of [C]Mex[Am]ico

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][C][Am]
[G][Am][G][Am][Dm]
[G][Am]
Well the working season [Dm]ended

[Verse 7]
But the drover would [Am]not pay
He said "You spent your
money boys
[G]You're all in debt to [Am]me".
But the cowboys never put much stock
In a [G]thing like a bankrupt [Am]law
So we left the bastard's
bones to [Dm]bleach
[G]On the [Dm]range of the [G]buffalo.
[Am]

[Outro 1]
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