Chords for Gary Fjellgaard performs Falcon And The Cowboy

[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ He's just been a [N] great friend for CFCW with all the great material he's given over the years.
A couple of years ago he was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and
I cannot think of a more worthy recipient of that honor than Gary.
_ _ _ So let's kick it off ladies [Gbm] and gentlemen, Mr.
Gary Felgar.
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_ You know I tend to measure everything by that indomitable spirit of the cowboy.
_ _ [N] And also, you know, people who make a living off the land are usually the best stewards
of the land.
So I've always been an admirer [Eb] of the Horkin folks.
_ _ So I'm going to start off fairly gentle here with a song.
It tells a story about a hulkin and a cowboy.
And they meet up out on the range and they look at each other and they decide that they
after all are the keepers of the earth. _ _
_ There's a hawk in the sky with a [Bb] lean and a hungry eye.
A hunter on the old [Eb] brown hills.
_ _ Somewhere in the west [Bb] the sun is going to set.
A moment just before [Eb] he makes his kill.
_ _ _ Cowboys mend infants [Bb] and the heat waves rise.
There's a wind with a breath [Eb] like a fire.
_ He kicks at the dust [Bb] and he wipes his brow.
The falcon came to rest [Eb] upon the wire.
_ [Cm] He sat there just looking [Gm] at the cowboy.
_ [Eb] The [Fm] cowboy he looked right [Eb] back at him.
_ [Cm] I guess they must have reached some [Gm]
understanding.
_ [Fm] If we share this range we might as [C] well be friends.
[Bb] [Ab] We [Eb] are the keepers of the earth.
[Ab]
Down here in the [Eb] dirt.
[Ab] With every [Eb] living thing at our [Bb] mercy.
_ [Ab] [Fm] For one moment in the wind.
_ [Ab]
You and I my friend [Bb] are given all this power and [Eb] this glory.
_ _ [Fm] We are the keepers [Bb] of the earth.
[C] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] [Fm] Keeping her for better or [Bb] for worse.
[Bb] _ _ Just like the [Eb] falcon and the cowboy. _ _ _ _ _ _
He slaps his hat on [Bb] a worn out shack.
Had a drink from a warm [Eb] canteen.
_ And as if to say well [Bb] I guess that's that.
The falcon he just up and [Eb] flew away.
_ _ [Cm]
He circled once and looked [Gm] down on the cowboy.
_ The [Fm] cowboy he stared right [Eb] back at him.
_ [Cm] I guess they reached some final [Gm] understanding.
_ [Fm] If we share this range we might as [Bb] well be friends.
_ [Ab] [Fm] So long old buddy till we [Bb] meet again.
We [Eb] are the keepers of the earth.
[Abm] Down here [Eb] in the dirt.
[Ab] With every [Eb] living thing at our [Bb] mercy.
_ [Ab] [Fm] For one moment in the wind.
_ [Ab] You and I my friend [Bb] are given all this power and [Eb] this glory.
_ _ [Fm]
We are the keepers [Bb] of the earth.
_ [Ab] _ [Fm]
Keeping her for better or [Bb] for worse. _ _
Just like the falcon [Eb] and the cowboy. _ _
[Bb] Just like the falcon [Eb] and the cowboy.
[Ab] We are the keepers of [Eb] the earth.
Just like the [Bb] falcon [Eb] and the cowboy. _ _ _
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_ [N] Thank you.
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