Chords for The Killers - The Cowboy's Christmas Ball

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[F#] _ _ [C#] _ Way out in old Nevada [F#] where the Truckees [C#] waters flow, where the cattle are a-browsin' [F#] and the Spanish [G#] ponies grow
[C#] Where the north come a-whistlin' [F#] from beyond the [C#] neutral strip
And the prairie dogs are sneezin' [F#] as if they [C#] had the grip
[G#] Where the coyotes [A#m] come a-howlin' [F#] round the ranches [C#] after dark
[G#] And the bluebirds [A#m] are a-singin' [F#] to the lovely [G#] meadow lark
Where the bighorns [A#m] are a-grazin' [F#] and the lonely [C#] clovers call
[G#] It was there that [A#m] I attended [F#] the Cowboys [C#] Christmas ball
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[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ boys left the ranches [F#] and come to [C#] town in piles
The ladies kinda scatterin' [F#] had gathered in [G#] four miles
[C#] The room was clogged out gorgeous [F#] with mistletoe [C#] and shawls
Candles flickered [F#] frescoes around the [C#] airy wall
[G#] The women folk [A#m] looked lovely, [F#] the boys looked [C#] kinda treed
[G#] But the leader [A#m] got the yelling, [F#] hey fellas let's [G#] stampede
And the music [A#m] started singin' [F#] and wailin' through [C#] the hall
[G#] And the kind of [A#m] introduction [F#] to the Cowboys [C#] Christmas ball _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ [C#] _ Their leader was a fella [F#] that came from [C#] Swenson's Ranch
They called him Windy Billy [F#] from Little Dead [G#] Man's Branch
[C#] His rig was kinda careless, [F#] big spurs and high [C#] heel boots
He had the reputation [F#] to come when a fella [C#] shoots
[A#m] His voice was like a bugle [Fm] on the mountain's high
[A#m] His feet were animated [F#] and a mighty [G#] moving sight
[C#] When he'd commence to hollerin' [F#] now fellas take [C#] your pens
And my cause was all them heifers [F#] and wrestlin' [C#] like men
[G#] Salute your [A#m] love, your trills, [F#] now swing and [C#] let them go
[G#] Fire in the gun [A#m] round them, [F#] all hands go [G#] see-throw
You maverick, [A#m] y'all in the round them, [F#] just skip around and [C#] watch us fall
[G#] It was [A#m] gettin' happy, [F#] the Cowboys [C#] Christmas ball _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ [C#] _ Don't tell me about the [F#] Ketillians or Germans, no [C#] sir
That world of Carson City [F#] just takes the [G#] cake with me
[C#] I'm sick of lazy [F#] shufflings, a fair mob [C#] had my fill
Just give me a frontier breakdown backed up by wild fill
[G#] Now Galveston [A#m] ain't nowhere [F#] where the Windy [C#] leads the show
[G#] I steal and [A#m] loathe and harness [F#] and so I [G#] sort of know
Oh Bill I [A#m] shan't forget you, [F#] now often [C#] times recall
That [G#] lively gated [A#m] soiree, [F#] the Cowboys [C#] Christmas ball
Oh Bill I [Fm] shan't forget you, [F#] now often [C#] times recall
That lively [Fm] gated