Chords for The Dying Cowboy

_ _ _ O bury me not on the lone prairie, _ These words came low and mournfully,
_ From the pouted lips of a youth who lay _ On his [G#] dying bed at the [C#] close of day. _
O bury me not _ _ _ where the coyote howls And the wind blows free,
In a narrow grave _ just six by three.
Bury [G#] me not on the [C#] lone prairie, _ _ _ [A#] It matters not, I've often [C#] told,
Where the body lies when the heart grows cold, Yet grant, O grant _ this wish to me.
Bury [G#] me not, _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] O bury me not, _ [A#m] _ [C#] _ _ Where the coyote _ howls and the wind blows free,
In a narrow grave just six by three.
O [G#] bury me not, _ [C#] _ _ [A#m] He wailed in pain [C#] and o'er his brow,
Death's shadows _ fast were gathering now, He thought of his friends and his home but nigh,
As [G#] the cowboys gathered to see [C#] him die.
O bury me not, _ _ _ _ These words came low and mournfully, _
From the pouted lips of a youth who lay _ On his [G#] dying bed at _ [A#m] _ _ the close of day.
We took no heed to his dying [C#] prayer, In a narrow grave we buried him there,
In a narrow grave just six by three.
We [G#] buried him there.
_ _ [C#] _ _ [A#m] O bury me not, _ _ [C#] _ _ Where the coyote howls and the wind blows free,
_ In a narrow grave just six by three.
_ O bury [G#] me not.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _