Utah Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]And [G]now, [D]my [A]fri[D]ends,
you ask me
what [G]makes me sad and [D]still
And [G]why my brow is [D]darkened
like cloud[E]s upon the hill
[A]Run in [D]your pony closer
and I'll [G]tell you all the tale
[D]Of Utah Cor[G]ral, my par[D]tner,
and his last [A]ride on [D]the trail
Mid the cactus and the mesquite
[G]of Mexico's fair land
[D]Where the cat[G]tle roam in tho[D]usands,
many a [E]herd and many a brand
[A]There's a gra[D]ve with
neither headstone,
[G]neither date nor [D]name
There [G]lies my partner sleep[D]ing in
the land [A]from which I [D]came
We rode the rains together
and [G]rode it side by [D]side
I [G]loved him as [D]a brother,
I wept [E]when Utah died
[A]We were rou[D]nding up one morning,
our [G]work was almost [D]done.
Went away [G]the cattle
star[D]ted
on [A]a mad and fearful run[D].
The boss's little daughter
was [G]holding on that [D]side.
She star[G]ted in to turn [D]them,
that's [E]where my partner [A]died.
She [D]used a saddle blanket
given [G]her by a [D]friend.
It was [G]this bright red [D]blanket
brought [A]Utah to his [D]end.
As Beryl rushed her pony
at the [G]cattle on the [D]right
The [G]blanket slipped [D]beneath her
and [E]cut the stirrup tight
[A]When the cowboy[D] saw the blanket,
they [G]all held their breath
[D]If now sho[G]uld the pony fai[D]l her,
none [A]could save her from her [D]death
When Barrow saw the cattle,
she [G]turned her pony's [D]face
She [G]leaned from out her [D]saddle -tide,
[E]the blanket in its place
[A]But in lea[D]ning, lost her blanket,
fell in front [G]of that wild tide
[D]Lie still, [G]Barrow, I'm [D]coming,
were the words my part[A]ner [D]cried
About 15 yards behind her,
Utah [G]come ridin' [D]fast
Though he [G]never saw that [D]mo ment,
the ride would [E]be [A]his last
His [D]pony reached Farrell
with [G]firm and steady bound
[D]He swung f[G]rom out the sadd[D]le
to [A]catch her from [D]the ground
But the cinches of his saddle
had not [G]been felt before
[D]and his bac[G]kstitch snapped asunder[D]
and he fell [E]beside Barrow.
[A]He now[D] picked up the blanket
and swun[G]g it over his h[D]ead
and star[G]ted across the [D]prairie
lie still [A]Barrow he [D]said.
His six gun flashed like lightning
the report [G]rang loud and clear
[D]as the cat[G]tle rushed to kill him
[D]he [E]dropped the leading [A]steer
and [D]when we broke the circle
where [G]Utah's body lay
[D]with man[G]y a wound and bru[D]ise,
his young [A]life had ebbed [D]away
And in some future morning
I heard [G]the preacher say
[D]I hop[G]e we'll all meet Uta[D]h
at [A]the roundup [E]far away
[A]Then we wra[D]pped him in a blanket,
set him [G]by his little friend
[D]And was[G] that very blanket
[D]that brought Uta[A]h to his end[D][G][D][A][D]
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