Sam Bass Chords by Michael Martin Murphey
Tempo:
105.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
E
B
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [F#m]
[E] Sam Bass was born in [C#m] Indiana, [A] it was his [E] native home.
And at the age of seventeen, [B] Sam began to roam.
[A] When Sam [B] first [E] came to Texas, [C#m] a cowboy bored [B] of being
[E] A kinder [C#m] hearted fellow [F#m] you seldom [B] ever [E] see.
Sam used to deal [C#m] in race stock, [A] one called the [E] Ditton mare.
He matched her in scrub races, and [B] he took her to the fair.
[A] I used [B] to [E] coin the money, and [C#m] spin it rather [B] free.
[E] He always drank [A] good whiskey, [F#m] wherever [B] he might [E] be.
Sam, he left [C#m] the Collins Ranch [A] in the early month of [E] May.
With a herd of Texas cattle, [B] the Black Hills, Florida Sea.
[A] Sold [B] out at Custer [E] City, [C#m] and then went [B] on a spree.
[E] And a tougher [C#m] set of cowboys [F#m] you [B] seldom ever [E] see.
On their way [C#m] back to Texas, [A] they robbed a [E] UP train.
And then split up in couples, [B] and started out again.
[A] Joe [B] Collins and [E] his partner, [C#m] was overtaken [B] soon.
[E] With all their hard [C#m] earned money, [F#m] they [B] had to meet [E] their doom.
[C] [F] Sam had [Dm] bold companions, [A#] for bold and daring [F] lads.
Frank Jackson, Henry Underwood, Joe [C] Collins, Van Oldad.
[A#] Such bold [C] and [F] daring cowboys, [Dm] the rangers [C] never knew.
[F] They whipped the Texas [Dm] rangers, and [Gm] they ran [C] the [F] boys a loop.
Jim Murphy was [Dm] arrested, [A#] and then released [F] on bail.
He jumped his binded tighter, and [C] then he took off on the trail.
[A#] The major [C] [F] Barnes had posted [Dm] him, and that was all [C] a stall.
[F] It was a plan [Dm] to capture Sam, [Gm] before [C] the coming [F] fall.
Sam met his fate [Dm] at Round Rock, [A#] July the [F] 21st.
They peered for Sam with rifle balls, [C] and they emptied out his purse.
[A#] Sam [C] is [F] now our corpse, [Dm] he's six foot under [C] claim.
[F] And Jackson's [Dm] on the border, [Gm] still [C] trying to get [F] away.
Jim, he [Dm] stole Sam's good [A#] gold, and he didn't [F] want to pay.
The only way he sought to win, [C] was to give poor Sam away.
[A#] He sold [C] out Sam [F] and Barnes, [Dm] and he left their friends [C] to mourn.
[F] What a scorching [Dm] Jim should get, [Gm] when Gabriel [F] blows his horn.
[A#] [Am] Jim Murphy sold [Dm] out Sam and Barnes, [A#] and left their friends [Fm] to [A#] [F] mourn.
And what a scorching Jim should get, [C] when Gabriel [G]
[C] blows his horn.
[Em] [C] [A#] Perhaps [C] he's gone [F] to heaven, [C] there's [Dm]
none of us can [C] say.
[F] But if [Am] I'm right [Dm] in my [C] surmise, [A#] he's gone the [Cm] other [F] way.
[E] Sam Bass was born in [C#m] Indiana, [A] it was his [E] native home.
And at the age of seventeen, [B] Sam began to roam.
[A] When Sam [B] first [E] came to Texas, [C#m] a cowboy bored [B] of being
[E] A kinder [C#m] hearted fellow [F#m] you seldom [B] ever [E] see.
Sam used to deal [C#m] in race stock, [A] one called the [E] Ditton mare.
He matched her in scrub races, and [B] he took her to the fair.
[A] I used [B] to [E] coin the money, and [C#m] spin it rather [B] free.
[E] He always drank [A] good whiskey, [F#m] wherever [B] he might [E] be.
Sam, he left [C#m] the Collins Ranch [A] in the early month of [E] May.
With a herd of Texas cattle, [B] the Black Hills, Florida Sea.
[A] Sold [B] out at Custer [E] City, [C#m] and then went [B] on a spree.
[E] And a tougher [C#m] set of cowboys [F#m] you [B] seldom ever [E] see.
On their way [C#m] back to Texas, [A] they robbed a [E] UP train.
And then split up in couples, [B] and started out again.
[A] Joe [B] Collins and [E] his partner, [C#m] was overtaken [B] soon.
[E] With all their hard [C#m] earned money, [F#m] they [B] had to meet [E] their doom.
[C] [F] Sam had [Dm] bold companions, [A#] for bold and daring [F] lads.
Frank Jackson, Henry Underwood, Joe [C] Collins, Van Oldad.
[A#] Such bold [C] and [F] daring cowboys, [Dm] the rangers [C] never knew.
[F] They whipped the Texas [Dm] rangers, and [Gm] they ran [C] the [F] boys a loop.
Jim Murphy was [Dm] arrested, [A#] and then released [F] on bail.
He jumped his binded tighter, and [C] then he took off on the trail.
[A#] The major [C] [F] Barnes had posted [Dm] him, and that was all [C] a stall.
[F] It was a plan [Dm] to capture Sam, [Gm] before [C] the coming [F] fall.
Sam met his fate [Dm] at Round Rock, [A#] July the [F] 21st.
They peered for Sam with rifle balls, [C] and they emptied out his purse.
[A#] Sam [C] is [F] now our corpse, [Dm] he's six foot under [C] claim.
[F] And Jackson's [Dm] on the border, [Gm] still [C] trying to get [F] away.
Jim, he [Dm] stole Sam's good [A#] gold, and he didn't [F] want to pay.
The only way he sought to win, [C] was to give poor Sam away.
[A#] He sold [C] out Sam [F] and Barnes, [Dm] and he left their friends [C] to mourn.
[F] What a scorching [Dm] Jim should get, [Gm] when Gabriel [F] blows his horn.
[A#] [Am] Jim Murphy sold [Dm] out Sam and Barnes, [A#] and left their friends [Fm] to [A#] [F] mourn.
And what a scorching Jim should get, [C] when Gabriel [G]
[C] blows his horn.
[Em] [C] [A#] Perhaps [C] he's gone [F] to heaven, [C] there's [Dm]
none of us can [C] say.
[F] But if [Am] I'm right [Dm] in my [C] surmise, [A#] he's gone the [Cm] other [F] way.
Key:
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ _ Sam Bass was born in [C#m] Indiana, _ [A] it was his [E] native home.
And at the age of _ seventeen, [B] Sam began to roam.
[A] When Sam [B] first [E] came to Texas, [C#m] a cowboy bored [B] of being
[E] A kinder [C#m] hearted fellow [F#m] you seldom [B] ever [E] see. _
Sam used to deal [C#m] in race stock, [A] one called the [E] Ditton mare.
He matched her in scrub races, and [B] he took her to the fair.
[A] I used [B] to [E] coin the money, and [C#m] spin it rather [B] free.
_ [E] He always drank [A] good whiskey, _ [F#m] wherever [B] he might [E] be.
_ Sam, he left [C#m] the Collins Ranch [A] in the early month of [E] May. _
With a herd of Texas cattle, [B] the Black Hills, Florida Sea.
_ [A] Sold [B] out at Custer [E] City, [C#m] and then went [B] on a spree.
[E] And a tougher [C#m] set of cowboys [F#m] you [B] seldom ever [E] see.
On their way [C#m] back to Texas, [A] they robbed a [E] UP train.
And then split up in couples, [B] and started out again. _
[A] Joe [B] Collins and [E] his partner, [C#m] was overtaken [B] soon.
[E] With all their hard [C#m] earned money, [F#m] they [B] had to meet [E] their doom.
[C] _ [F] Sam had [Dm] bold companions, _ [A#] for bold and daring [F] lads.
Frank Jackson, Henry Underwood, Joe [C] Collins, Van Oldad.
[A#] Such bold [C] and [F] daring cowboys, [Dm] the rangers [C] never knew. _
[F] They whipped the Texas [Dm] rangers, and [Gm] they ran [C] the [F] boys a loop.
Jim Murphy was [Dm] arrested, [A#] and then released [F] on bail.
He jumped his binded tighter, and [C] then he took off on the trail.
[A#] The major [C] [F] Barnes had posted [Dm] him, and that was all [C] a stall.
[F] It was a plan [Dm] to capture Sam, [Gm] before [C] the coming [F] fall. _
_ Sam met his fate [Dm] at Round Rock, [A#] July the [F] _ 21st.
They peered for Sam with rifle balls, [C] and they emptied out his purse.
_ [A#] Sam [C] is [F] now our corpse, _ [Dm] he's six foot under [C] claim.
[F] And Jackson's [Dm] on the border, [Gm] still [C] trying to get [F] away.
_ _ Jim, he [Dm] stole Sam's good [A#] gold, and he didn't [F] want to pay. _
The only way he sought to win, [C] was to give poor Sam away.
[A#] He sold [C] out Sam [F] and Barnes, [Dm] and he left their friends [C] to mourn.
[F] What a scorching [Dm] Jim should get, [Gm] when Gabriel [F] blows his horn. _
_ _ [A#] [Am] Jim Murphy sold [Dm] out Sam and Barnes, [A#] and left their friends [Fm] to [A#] [F] mourn.
And what a scorching Jim should get, [C] when Gabriel [G] _
[C] blows his horn.
[Em] _ [C] [A#] Perhaps [C] he's gone [F] to heaven, _ [C] there's [Dm]
none of us can [C] _ say. _
[F] But if [Am] I'm right [Dm] in my [C] surmise, [A#] he's gone the [Cm] other [F] way. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ Sam Bass was born in [C#m] Indiana, _ [A] it was his [E] native home.
And at the age of _ seventeen, [B] Sam began to roam.
[A] When Sam [B] first [E] came to Texas, [C#m] a cowboy bored [B] of being
[E] A kinder [C#m] hearted fellow [F#m] you seldom [B] ever [E] see. _
Sam used to deal [C#m] in race stock, [A] one called the [E] Ditton mare.
He matched her in scrub races, and [B] he took her to the fair.
[A] I used [B] to [E] coin the money, and [C#m] spin it rather [B] free.
_ [E] He always drank [A] good whiskey, _ [F#m] wherever [B] he might [E] be.
_ Sam, he left [C#m] the Collins Ranch [A] in the early month of [E] May. _
With a herd of Texas cattle, [B] the Black Hills, Florida Sea.
_ [A] Sold [B] out at Custer [E] City, [C#m] and then went [B] on a spree.
[E] And a tougher [C#m] set of cowboys [F#m] you [B] seldom ever [E] see.
On their way [C#m] back to Texas, [A] they robbed a [E] UP train.
And then split up in couples, [B] and started out again. _
[A] Joe [B] Collins and [E] his partner, [C#m] was overtaken [B] soon.
[E] With all their hard [C#m] earned money, [F#m] they [B] had to meet [E] their doom.
[C] _ [F] Sam had [Dm] bold companions, _ [A#] for bold and daring [F] lads.
Frank Jackson, Henry Underwood, Joe [C] Collins, Van Oldad.
[A#] Such bold [C] and [F] daring cowboys, [Dm] the rangers [C] never knew. _
[F] They whipped the Texas [Dm] rangers, and [Gm] they ran [C] the [F] boys a loop.
Jim Murphy was [Dm] arrested, [A#] and then released [F] on bail.
He jumped his binded tighter, and [C] then he took off on the trail.
[A#] The major [C] [F] Barnes had posted [Dm] him, and that was all [C] a stall.
[F] It was a plan [Dm] to capture Sam, [Gm] before [C] the coming [F] fall. _
_ Sam met his fate [Dm] at Round Rock, [A#] July the [F] _ 21st.
They peered for Sam with rifle balls, [C] and they emptied out his purse.
_ [A#] Sam [C] is [F] now our corpse, _ [Dm] he's six foot under [C] claim.
[F] And Jackson's [Dm] on the border, [Gm] still [C] trying to get [F] away.
_ _ Jim, he [Dm] stole Sam's good [A#] gold, and he didn't [F] want to pay. _
The only way he sought to win, [C] was to give poor Sam away.
[A#] He sold [C] out Sam [F] and Barnes, [Dm] and he left their friends [C] to mourn.
[F] What a scorching [Dm] Jim should get, [Gm] when Gabriel [F] blows his horn. _
_ _ [A#] [Am] Jim Murphy sold [Dm] out Sam and Barnes, [A#] and left their friends [Fm] to [A#] [F] mourn.
And what a scorching Jim should get, [C] when Gabriel [G] _
[C] blows his horn.
[Em] _ [C] [A#] Perhaps [C] he's gone [F] to heaven, _ [C] there's [Dm]
none of us can [C] _ say. _
[F] But if [Am] I'm right [Dm] in my [C] surmise, [A#] he's gone the [Cm] other [F] way. _
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