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My Rifle, My Pony and Me – Dean Martin
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Solo recording by Dean Martin (not the soundtrack recording with Ricky Nelson)
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: C
Key: C#/Db
For chords in original key transpose +1
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C6 x-3-2-2-1-0
C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-1
F6 3-3-3-2-3-1
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[Intro]
| C F G | Am C/G F | C/E C7/E F G | | C C6 C |
C Em
The sun is sinking in the west
F Em Am F/G
The cattle go down to the stream
C Em
The redwing settles in the nest
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
F/G | C C6 C C6 C | C C6 C C6 C |
It's time for a cowboy to dream
[Verse 1]
C F [ G ]
Purple light in the canyons
G C F [ G ]
That's where I long to be
G C F
With my three good companions
C/E Em Am Em Am
Just my ri-fle, pony and me
[Verse 2]
G C F [ G ]
Gonna hang my sombrero
G C F
On the limb of a tree
Em C6 F
Comin' home, sweetheart darlin'
Em C7 F G | C6 C7 |
Just my ri-fle, pony and me
F/G Em Am F G | C6 |
Just my ri-fle, my pony and me
[Verse 3] male singers, last line: Dean Martin
C F
Whippoorwill in the willow
G C F
Sings a sweet melody
G C F
Ridin' to Amarillo
C/E Em Am Em Am
Just my ri-fle, pony and me
[Verse 4]
G C F [ G ]
No more cows to be ropin'
G C F
No more strays will I see
Em C6 F
Round the bend she'll be waitin'
Em C7 F G | C6 C7 |
For my ri-fle, pony and me
F/G Em Am F G [ C ]
For my ri-fle ... my pony ... and me
[Outro] (freely)
| C | F6 | C