Chords for IAN TYSON - Charles Goodnights Grave (live 6/24/'14)
Tempo:
124.35 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
D
G
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Howdy folks.
Howdy.
Glad you could drop by.
My name [D] is Ian Tyson.
[Db] We know [C] that.
We couldn't afford an M [B].C. tonight.
[E] High price demand.
[B] Big demand.
But this is going to be [Gbm] fun tonight.
It's kind of a homecoming.
You know, we have, of [N] course, the veteran of the group is Gordon Maxwell.
And he and I have been playing together for 15 years, I guess, or maybe 16.
And he's from out here.
From Port Coquitlam, is it?
Very popular place.
[E] And, [Bm] not to mention, [G] our lead guitar player is born and bred, [Eb] like me, born and bred Vancouver Island boy from [N] Nanaimo.
You know, don't let that cowboy out before you.
He's a Vancouver Island dude.
[Gb]
[Gb] So yeah, this is [G]
[Eb] like a whole week.
We're glad you could come.
[Gb] And I can't remember what the first
We haven't played for [B] two months.
[A] You'll get that figured out in the second verse.
[Eb] What's the first song?
[B] Oh, I don't know.
[D]
[E] This song [B] is dear to me.
It's a very special song for me.
It needs a [Cm] little explanation if you're not in cowboy country.
This is a place of a [B] grave site in West Texas on [G] the Pinal Estacado, [B] which was the stronghold [N] of the Comanches.
And the Comanches kept the Texans out of there for almost 200 years.
[E] And the guy that [Gb] really was the king of
The guy that invented the trail drive and all that stuff was [E] a man by the name of Charles Goodnight.
And he [C] was an extraordinary man.
He'd [Ab] come to Texas from Illinois when he was eight years old, riding [Eb] on a pony with his parents.
And he grew up to become [C] this [Eb] fabulous
He invented the chuck wagon and the trail drives and more.
If you ever saw the film, Wilkes and Dunn, that's [Ab] really
All those characters in Wilkes and Dunn [F] are really a combination of Charles [E] Goodnight.
Anyway, he buried in this [Bb] place that a friend of mine took me to [E] see [Fm] when
About four years ago, we were down there.
He said, do you want to go meet Charles Goodnight's grave?
And I said, yeah, I would.
And we went there and it's [F] out on this lonely piece of flat, flat prairie.
I mean, that part of Texas makes Saskatchewan look [C]
mountainous.
And we went there and there's these graves [Ab] of the Goodnight [Ab] family.
And around them there was this chain link [E] fence.
And all around the chain link fence were these [B] bandanas and what we call [Eb] wild rags, cowboy scars.
All these different colors that the cowboys and cowgirls had hung on that chain link fence as a [E] tribute to Charles Goodnight.
I thought that was pretty cool.
[Em] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] On the [G] lowest of cows, not far from [Em] every road, big trucks roll [G] with the wind below, mostly [Em] all of the time.
We're [C] out on the prairie, in the [D] lonely [Em] cemetery.
Wild rags cover [F] the wind's side, over Charles [Em] Goodnight's grave.
[E] That [G] bandana's blue by yellow, all the shades of [E] pale blue.
Where'd they come [G] from, I do not know.
Baby riders [Em] on the wind, all [C] on the fence line, like some old [Em] time cowboy shrine.
Wild rags cover the [F]
wind's side, over Charles [E] Goodnight's grave.
[B] If [G]
[A] [Em]
[G]
[E]
[C]
[D]
[Em]
[F]
[Em]
[E] you ride the [G] ramblin' road, or the dance of the wild [E] fanning fanny blue, I'll [G] come the moon low, up the [E] panhandle of flame.
[Em] Raise your trucks [C] into the bedroom, of Goodnight [E] and the family,
[Em] and go and turn that [F] cowboy rags.
Over Charles [E] Goodnight's grave.
All the wonder and [F] the wild rags, over Charles [E] Goodnight's [Em] grave.
[D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em]
[D] [E]
[Em]
[Eb]
[B]
Howdy.
Glad you could drop by.
My name [D] is Ian Tyson.
[Db] We know [C] that.
We couldn't afford an M [B].C. tonight.
[E] High price demand.
[B] Big demand.
But this is going to be [Gbm] fun tonight.
It's kind of a homecoming.
You know, we have, of [N] course, the veteran of the group is Gordon Maxwell.
And he and I have been playing together for 15 years, I guess, or maybe 16.
And he's from out here.
From Port Coquitlam, is it?
Very popular place.
[E] And, [Bm] not to mention, [G] our lead guitar player is born and bred, [Eb] like me, born and bred Vancouver Island boy from [N] Nanaimo.
You know, don't let that cowboy out before you.
He's a Vancouver Island dude.
[Gb]
[Gb] So yeah, this is [G]
[Eb] like a whole week.
We're glad you could come.
[Gb] And I can't remember what the first
We haven't played for [B] two months.
[A] You'll get that figured out in the second verse.
[Eb] What's the first song?
[B] Oh, I don't know.
[D]
[E] This song [B] is dear to me.
It's a very special song for me.
It needs a [Cm] little explanation if you're not in cowboy country.
This is a place of a [B] grave site in West Texas on [G] the Pinal Estacado, [B] which was the stronghold [N] of the Comanches.
And the Comanches kept the Texans out of there for almost 200 years.
[E] And the guy that [Gb] really was the king of
The guy that invented the trail drive and all that stuff was [E] a man by the name of Charles Goodnight.
And he [C] was an extraordinary man.
He'd [Ab] come to Texas from Illinois when he was eight years old, riding [Eb] on a pony with his parents.
And he grew up to become [C] this [Eb] fabulous
He invented the chuck wagon and the trail drives and more.
If you ever saw the film, Wilkes and Dunn, that's [Ab] really
All those characters in Wilkes and Dunn [F] are really a combination of Charles [E] Goodnight.
Anyway, he buried in this [Bb] place that a friend of mine took me to [E] see [Fm] when
About four years ago, we were down there.
He said, do you want to go meet Charles Goodnight's grave?
And I said, yeah, I would.
And we went there and it's [F] out on this lonely piece of flat, flat prairie.
I mean, that part of Texas makes Saskatchewan look [C]
mountainous.
And we went there and there's these graves [Ab] of the Goodnight [Ab] family.
And around them there was this chain link [E] fence.
And all around the chain link fence were these [B] bandanas and what we call [Eb] wild rags, cowboy scars.
All these different colors that the cowboys and cowgirls had hung on that chain link fence as a [E] tribute to Charles Goodnight.
I thought that was pretty cool.
[Em] [D]
[Em] [A] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] On the [G] lowest of cows, not far from [Em] every road, big trucks roll [G] with the wind below, mostly [Em] all of the time.
We're [C] out on the prairie, in the [D] lonely [Em] cemetery.
Wild rags cover [F] the wind's side, over Charles [Em] Goodnight's grave.
[E] That [G] bandana's blue by yellow, all the shades of [E] pale blue.
Where'd they come [G] from, I do not know.
Baby riders [Em] on the wind, all [C] on the fence line, like some old [Em] time cowboy shrine.
Wild rags cover the [F]
wind's side, over Charles [E] Goodnight's grave.
[B] If [G]
[A] [Em]
[G]
[E]
[C]
[D]
[Em]
[F]
[Em]
[E] you ride the [G] ramblin' road, or the dance of the wild [E] fanning fanny blue, I'll [G] come the moon low, up the [E] panhandle of flame.
[Em] Raise your trucks [C] into the bedroom, of Goodnight [E] and the family,
[Em] and go and turn that [F] cowboy rags.
Over Charles [E] Goodnight's grave.
All the wonder and [F] the wild rags, over Charles [E] Goodnight's [Em] grave.
[D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em]
[D] [E]
[Em]
[Eb]
[B]
Key:
E
Em
D
G
B
E
Em
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Howdy folks.
_ Howdy.
Glad you could drop by.
_ _ My name [D] is Ian Tyson.
[Db] We know [C] that.
_ _ We couldn't afford an M [B].C. tonight.
[E] _ _ _ High price demand.
[B] Big _ _ _ _ demand.
_ _ But this is going to be [Gbm] fun tonight.
It's kind of a homecoming.
You know, we have, of _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] course, the veteran of the group is _ Gordon Maxwell.
And he and I have been playing together for 15 years, I guess, or maybe 16. _
And he's from out here.
From Port Coquitlam, is it? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Very popular place. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ And, [Bm] not to mention, _ _ [G] our lead guitar player is born and bred, [Eb] like me, born and bred Vancouver Island boy from [N] Nanaimo. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
You know, don't let that cowboy out before you.
He's a Vancouver Island dude.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ So yeah, this is [G] _
[Eb] like a whole week.
We're glad you could come.
[Gb] And I can't remember what the first_
We haven't played for [B] two months. _ _ _
[A] You'll get that figured out in the second verse.
_ [Eb] What's the first song? _ _ _
[B] Oh, I don't know.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ This song [B] is dear to me.
It's a very special song for me.
It needs a [Cm] little explanation if you're not in cowboy country.
This is a place of a [B] grave site in West Texas on [G] the Pinal _ Estacado, [B] which was the stronghold [N] of the Comanches.
And the Comanches kept the Texans out of there for almost 200 years.
[E] And _ the guy that [Gb] really was the king of_
The guy that invented the trail drive and all that stuff was [E] a man by the name of Charles Goodnight.
_ And he [C] was an extraordinary man.
He'd [Ab] come to Texas from Illinois when he was eight years old, riding [Eb] on a pony with his _ _ parents.
And he grew up to become [C] this [Eb] fabulous_
He invented the chuck wagon and the trail drives and more.
If you ever saw the film, _ Wilkes and Dunn, that's [Ab] really_
All those characters in Wilkes and Dunn [F] are really a combination of Charles [E] Goodnight.
_ Anyway, he buried in this [Bb] place that a friend of mine took me to [E] see [Fm] when_
About four years ago, we were down there.
He said, do you want to go meet Charles Goodnight's grave?
And I said, yeah, I would.
And we went there and it's [F] out on this lonely piece of flat, flat prairie.
I mean, that part of Texas makes Saskatchewan look [C] _
mountainous.
_ And we went there and there's these graves [Ab] of the Goodnight [Ab] family.
And around them there was this chain link [E] fence.
_ _ And all around the chain link fence were these [B] bandanas and what we call [Eb] wild rags, cowboy scars.
All these different colors that the cowboys and cowgirls had hung on that chain link fence as a [E] tribute to Charles Goodnight. _
I thought that was pretty cool. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ On the [G] lowest of _ _ cows, _ _ not far from [Em] every road, _ _ big trucks roll [G] with the wind below, _ _ mostly [Em] all of the time.
_ _ _ _ _ We're [C] out on the prairie, _ _ _ _ in the [D] lonely [Em] cemetery. _ _ _ _
Wild rags cover [F] the wind's side, _ over Charles [Em] Goodnight's grave. _
_ [E] _ That [G] bandana's blue by yellow, _ _ _ all the shades of [E] pale blue.
_ _ _ _ Where'd they come [G] from, I do not know. _ _
Baby riders [Em] on the wind, _ _ _ _ _ all [C] on the fence line, _ _ like some old [Em] time cowboy shrine.
_ _ Wild rags cover the _ [F]
wind's side, _ _ over Charles [E] Goodnight's grave.
_ _ [B] If _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ you ride the [G] ramblin' road, _ _ or the dance of the wild [E] fanning fanny blue, _ _ _ _ I'll [G] come the moon low, _ _ up the _ [E] panhandle of flame. _ _ _ _
[Em] Raise your trucks [C] into the bedroom, _ _ _ _ of Goodnight [E] and the family, _ _
_ [Em] and go and turn that [F] cowboy rags.
_ _ _ Over Charles [E] Goodnight's grave.
_ _ All the wonder and [F] the wild rags, _ _ over Charles [E] _ _ Goodnight's [Em] grave. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Howdy folks.
_ Howdy.
Glad you could drop by.
_ _ My name [D] is Ian Tyson.
[Db] We know [C] that.
_ _ We couldn't afford an M [B].C. tonight.
[E] _ _ _ High price demand.
[B] Big _ _ _ _ demand.
_ _ But this is going to be [Gbm] fun tonight.
It's kind of a homecoming.
You know, we have, of _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] course, the veteran of the group is _ Gordon Maxwell.
And he and I have been playing together for 15 years, I guess, or maybe 16. _
And he's from out here.
From Port Coquitlam, is it? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Very popular place. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ And, [Bm] not to mention, _ _ [G] our lead guitar player is born and bred, [Eb] like me, born and bred Vancouver Island boy from [N] Nanaimo. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
You know, don't let that cowboy out before you.
He's a Vancouver Island dude.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ So yeah, this is [G] _
[Eb] like a whole week.
We're glad you could come.
[Gb] And I can't remember what the first_
We haven't played for [B] two months. _ _ _
[A] You'll get that figured out in the second verse.
_ [Eb] What's the first song? _ _ _
[B] Oh, I don't know.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ This song [B] is dear to me.
It's a very special song for me.
It needs a [Cm] little explanation if you're not in cowboy country.
This is a place of a [B] grave site in West Texas on [G] the Pinal _ Estacado, [B] which was the stronghold [N] of the Comanches.
And the Comanches kept the Texans out of there for almost 200 years.
[E] And _ the guy that [Gb] really was the king of_
The guy that invented the trail drive and all that stuff was [E] a man by the name of Charles Goodnight.
_ And he [C] was an extraordinary man.
He'd [Ab] come to Texas from Illinois when he was eight years old, riding [Eb] on a pony with his _ _ parents.
And he grew up to become [C] this [Eb] fabulous_
He invented the chuck wagon and the trail drives and more.
If you ever saw the film, _ Wilkes and Dunn, that's [Ab] really_
All those characters in Wilkes and Dunn [F] are really a combination of Charles [E] Goodnight.
_ Anyway, he buried in this [Bb] place that a friend of mine took me to [E] see [Fm] when_
About four years ago, we were down there.
He said, do you want to go meet Charles Goodnight's grave?
And I said, yeah, I would.
And we went there and it's [F] out on this lonely piece of flat, flat prairie.
I mean, that part of Texas makes Saskatchewan look [C] _
mountainous.
_ And we went there and there's these graves [Ab] of the Goodnight [Ab] family.
And around them there was this chain link [E] fence.
_ _ And all around the chain link fence were these [B] bandanas and what we call [Eb] wild rags, cowboy scars.
All these different colors that the cowboys and cowgirls had hung on that chain link fence as a [E] tribute to Charles Goodnight. _
I thought that was pretty cool. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ On the [G] lowest of _ _ cows, _ _ not far from [Em] every road, _ _ big trucks roll [G] with the wind below, _ _ mostly [Em] all of the time.
_ _ _ _ _ We're [C] out on the prairie, _ _ _ _ in the [D] lonely [Em] cemetery. _ _ _ _
Wild rags cover [F] the wind's side, _ over Charles [Em] Goodnight's grave. _
_ [E] _ That [G] bandana's blue by yellow, _ _ _ all the shades of [E] pale blue.
_ _ _ _ Where'd they come [G] from, I do not know. _ _
Baby riders [Em] on the wind, _ _ _ _ _ all [C] on the fence line, _ _ like some old [Em] time cowboy shrine.
_ _ Wild rags cover the _ [F]
wind's side, _ _ over Charles [E] Goodnight's grave.
_ _ [B] If _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ you ride the [G] ramblin' road, _ _ or the dance of the wild [E] fanning fanny blue, _ _ _ _ I'll [G] come the moon low, _ _ up the _ [E] panhandle of flame. _ _ _ _
[Em] Raise your trucks [C] into the bedroom, _ _ _ _ of Goodnight [E] and the family, _ _
_ [Em] and go and turn that [F] cowboy rags.
_ _ _ Over Charles [E] Goodnight's grave.
_ _ All the wonder and [F] the wild rags, _ _ over Charles [E] _ _ Goodnight's [Em] grave. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _