Little Joe, the Wrangler Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Am][C][F][C][G][C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Little Joe the
wrangler he'll [F]wrangle never [C]more
His days with the remuda [G]they're all done
It [C]was long about last April
he [F]rode into [C]our camp
[G]Just a lit[C]tle Texas str[G]ay
and all [C]alone[G][C]
It was long late in the evening
when [F]he rode into our [C]camp
[G]On a lit[C]tle old brown pony he called Sha[G]w
In his [C]brogan shoes and coveralls
a [F]harder lookin' [C]kid
[G]You nev[C]er in you[G] life have
seen [C]be [G]fore[C]

[Verse 2]
His [F]saddle was a Sother kack built
[G]many years [C]ago[G]
An [C]OK [G]spur [C]on one foot [G]idly hung
With his [C]bed roll in a cotton
sack was [F]loosely tied behind
[C]And[G] a cantee[C]n from the sa[G]ddle
horn he'd slun[C]g[G][C]
Said he had to leave his home because
his [F]paw had married [C]twice
His new maw beat him every day or [G]two
So he [C]saddled up old Shaw one night
and [F]lit a shuck this [G]way
Thought he'd [C]try [G]and paddle

[Verse 3]
now his own canoe
[C]Sai[G]d h[C]e'd[F] try to do the be[G]st
[C]he could if we'd only give him work
Though he didn't know
[G]straight [C]up [G]about a cow
So the [C]boss he cut him out a mount
and [F]kinda put him [C]on
And we knew [G]he liked
our little stray somehow
[C]Wel[G]l h[C]e taught him how to heard the
horses and learned to [F]know 'em [C]all
And to get 'em in by daylight [G]if he could
And to [C]follow [G]the chuck [C]wagon
and to [F]always hitch the team
[G]And to hel[C]p the[G]
carsonaro rustle [C]wood

[Verse 4]
We had [F]driven to Red River
and the [C]weather it was fine
We were camped down on
the south side [G]of the bend
When a [C]Norther started blowin'
we [F]called the [G]extra guard
Cause it [C]took all hands to
[G]hold the cattle [C]in
[G]Now lit[C]tle Joe[G] the wra[C]ngler was
[F]called out [G]like the rest
Barely had [C]the [G]kid [C]got [G]to the heard
When the [C]cattle they stampeded
like [F]a hailstorm on they flew
[G]With [C]all of us a r[G]idin' for the[C] lead

[Verse 5]
[F]Between the streaks of lightnin'
we could see [C]a horse [G]ahead[C][G]
It was [C]little Joe the wrangler in [F]the [G]lead
He was [C]riding old Blue [G]Rocket
with a slicker o'er his head
And he's [C]trying to [G]che[C]ck
the leaders in their speed.
We finally got'em millin' and
[F]they sort of quieted [C]down
The extra guard back to the camp did [G]go
[C]But one of them was missing and
we all [F]knew at [G]a glance
Twas our [C]little [G]Texas
strayboy wrangler [C]Joe[G][C]

[Verse 6]
[F]We found him there at [C]sun
up where old Blue Rocket fell
In [G]some washout [C]twenty [G]feet below
Be[C]neath his horse smashed to a
pulph[F]is spur had rung [G]the knell
For our [C]little Texas [G]stray bos
wrangler [C]Joe[G][C]
Little Joe the wrangler he'll
[F]wrangle never [C]more
His days with the remuda
[G]they're all done
[C]It was long about last April
he [F]rode into our camp
[G]Just a l[C]ittle Texas str[G]ay and all alo[C]ne