Chords for Colter Wall - When the Work's All Done This Fall - Old Growth Sessions @Pickathon 2018 S03E03
Tempo:
100.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
A [G]
[E] [G]
group of jolly [C] cowboys discussing plans at ease.
[D] So I'll tell you something, boys, if you will listen please.
I am an old cow puncher and [C] here I'm dressed in rags.
[G] [D] I used to be a tough one and I went on great [G] big jags.
But I've got a home, [C] boys, a good one you all know.
[G] [D] Though I haven't seen it since long, long [G] ago.
I'm going to Alberta [C] once more to see them all.
[A] [D] Going to see my mother when the work's all done this [G] fall.
[G]
[D]
[Bm] [G] That very night this [C] cowboy went out to stand his [A] guard.
[D] The night was dark and dreary and storming [G] very hard.
Cattle they got frightened [C] and rushed in wild [G] stampede.
Cowboy [D] tried to head them out riding at full speed.
While riding in the [C] darkness so loudly did he shout.
[D] Trying his best to head them and turn [G] the herd about.
His saddle horse did stumble [C] and on him did [G] fall.
[D] Boy won't see his mother when the work's all [G] done this fall.
He ought to live, [A] he [Bm] ought to [C] live, he [D] ought to live.
[G] [D]
[G] Thought he was so [C] mangled, the boys all thought him dead.
[D] They picked him up so gently and [G] laid him on a bed.
He opened wide his blue eyes [C] and looking all around.
[D] Motioned with his comrades, sit with them on [G] the ground.
Boys said mother my wages, [C] wages I have earned.
[D] For I am afraid boys, the last [G] year I have turned.
Going to the new range [C] to hear my master's call.
[D] I won't see my mother when the work's all done [G] this fall.
[A]
[D] [C] [G]
If Sully Bill my six gun, [C] Jake can have my bed,
[D] Pat can have my saddle after I get dead.
[G] Boys think of me kindly when [C] you look upon them all.
[G] [D] I won't see my mother when the work's [Bm] all done [G] this fall.
Poor Charlie was buried at sunrise, [C] no tombstone at his head.
[B] [D]
Nothing but a little board, this is what it said.
Charlie died at daybreak, he [C] died from a fall.
[G]
[D] Boy won't see his mother when the work's all done this [G] fall.
[E] [G]
group of jolly [C] cowboys discussing plans at ease.
[D] So I'll tell you something, boys, if you will listen please.
I am an old cow puncher and [C] here I'm dressed in rags.
[G] [D] I used to be a tough one and I went on great [G] big jags.
But I've got a home, [C] boys, a good one you all know.
[G] [D] Though I haven't seen it since long, long [G] ago.
I'm going to Alberta [C] once more to see them all.
[A] [D] Going to see my mother when the work's all done this [G] fall.
[G]
[D]
[Bm] [G] That very night this [C] cowboy went out to stand his [A] guard.
[D] The night was dark and dreary and storming [G] very hard.
Cattle they got frightened [C] and rushed in wild [G] stampede.
Cowboy [D] tried to head them out riding at full speed.
While riding in the [C] darkness so loudly did he shout.
[D] Trying his best to head them and turn [G] the herd about.
His saddle horse did stumble [C] and on him did [G] fall.
[D] Boy won't see his mother when the work's all [G] done this fall.
He ought to live, [A] he [Bm] ought to [C] live, he [D] ought to live.
[G] [D]
[G] Thought he was so [C] mangled, the boys all thought him dead.
[D] They picked him up so gently and [G] laid him on a bed.
He opened wide his blue eyes [C] and looking all around.
[D] Motioned with his comrades, sit with them on [G] the ground.
Boys said mother my wages, [C] wages I have earned.
[D] For I am afraid boys, the last [G] year I have turned.
Going to the new range [C] to hear my master's call.
[D] I won't see my mother when the work's all done [G] this fall.
[A]
[D] [C] [G]
If Sully Bill my six gun, [C] Jake can have my bed,
[D] Pat can have my saddle after I get dead.
[G] Boys think of me kindly when [C] you look upon them all.
[G] [D] I won't see my mother when the work's [Bm] all done [G] this fall.
Poor Charlie was buried at sunrise, [C] no tombstone at his head.
[B] [D]
Nothing but a little board, this is what it said.
Charlie died at daybreak, he [C] died from a fall.
[G]
[D] Boy won't see his mother when the work's all done this [G] fall.
Key:
G
D
C
A
Bm
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ A [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ group of jolly [C] cowboys discussing plans at ease.
[D] So I'll tell you something, boys, if you will listen please.
I am an old cow puncher and [C] here I'm dressed in rags.
[G] [D] I used to be a tough one and I went on great [G] big jags.
But I've got a home, [C] boys, a good one you all know.
[G] [D] Though I haven't seen it since long, long [G] ago.
I'm going to Alberta [C] once more to see them all.
[A] [D] Going to see my mother when the work's all done this [G] fall.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ That very night this [C] cowboy went out to stand his [A] guard.
[D] The night was dark and dreary and storming [G] very hard.
Cattle they got frightened [C] and rushed in wild [G] stampede.
Cowboy [D] tried to head them out riding at full speed.
While riding in the [C] darkness so loudly did he shout.
[D] Trying his best to head them and turn [G] the herd about.
His saddle horse did stumble [C] and on him did [G] fall.
[D] Boy won't see his mother when the work's all [G] done this fall. _
He ought to live, [A] he [Bm] ought to [C] live, he [D] ought to live.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] Thought he was so [C] mangled, the boys all thought him dead.
[D] They picked him up so gently and [G] laid him on a bed.
He opened wide his blue eyes [C] and looking all around.
_ [D] Motioned with his comrades, sit with them on [G] the ground.
Boys said mother my wages, [C] wages I have earned.
[D] For I am afraid boys, the last [G] year I have turned.
_ Going to the new range [C] to hear my master's call.
[D] I won't see my mother when the work's all done [G] this fall.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ If Sully Bill my six gun, [C] Jake can have my bed,
[D] Pat can have my saddle _ after I get dead.
[G] Boys think of me kindly when [C] you look upon them all.
[G] [D] I won't see my mother when the work's [Bm] all done [G] this fall. _ _ _
Poor Charlie was buried at sunrise, [C] no tombstone at his head.
[B] _ _ [D]
Nothing but a little board, this is what it said.
_ _ _ Charlie died at _ daybreak, he [C] died from a fall.
[G] _
[D] Boy won't see his mother when the work's all done this [G] fall. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ group of jolly [C] cowboys discussing plans at ease.
[D] So I'll tell you something, boys, if you will listen please.
I am an old cow puncher and [C] here I'm dressed in rags.
[G] [D] I used to be a tough one and I went on great [G] big jags.
But I've got a home, [C] boys, a good one you all know.
[G] [D] Though I haven't seen it since long, long [G] ago.
I'm going to Alberta [C] once more to see them all.
[A] [D] Going to see my mother when the work's all done this [G] fall.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ That very night this [C] cowboy went out to stand his [A] guard.
[D] The night was dark and dreary and storming [G] very hard.
Cattle they got frightened [C] and rushed in wild [G] stampede.
Cowboy [D] tried to head them out riding at full speed.
While riding in the [C] darkness so loudly did he shout.
[D] Trying his best to head them and turn [G] the herd about.
His saddle horse did stumble [C] and on him did [G] fall.
[D] Boy won't see his mother when the work's all [G] done this fall. _
He ought to live, [A] he [Bm] ought to [C] live, he [D] ought to live.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] Thought he was so [C] mangled, the boys all thought him dead.
[D] They picked him up so gently and [G] laid him on a bed.
He opened wide his blue eyes [C] and looking all around.
_ [D] Motioned with his comrades, sit with them on [G] the ground.
Boys said mother my wages, [C] wages I have earned.
[D] For I am afraid boys, the last [G] year I have turned.
_ Going to the new range [C] to hear my master's call.
[D] I won't see my mother when the work's all done [G] this fall.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ If Sully Bill my six gun, [C] Jake can have my bed,
[D] Pat can have my saddle _ after I get dead.
[G] Boys think of me kindly when [C] you look upon them all.
[G] [D] I won't see my mother when the work's [Bm] all done [G] this fall. _ _ _
Poor Charlie was buried at sunrise, [C] no tombstone at his head.
[B] _ _ [D]
Nothing but a little board, this is what it said.
_ _ _ Charlie died at _ daybreak, he [C] died from a fall.
[G] _
[D] Boy won't see his mother when the work's all done this [G] fall. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _