The Yellowstone Valley Chords by Red Steagall, Unknown
Tempo:
88.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [F#m] [D] [E]
[A]
We'd heard of the ranges [D] of the [A] Yellowstone Valley, where the summers are short and the grasses [E] are high.
[A] Those swarms of mosquitoes [D] will near drive [A] you crazy, stars shine like [E] diamonds in the Yellowstone [A] sky.
[D] We gathered our herd in [A] the brush of South Texas, tonight we're in view [B] of the Dodge [E] City lights.
[A] Buck says we're only [D] halfway to [A] Montana, but we're bound for [E] country that's well worth [A] the ride.
There's a big [F#m] summer range on the [A] Yellowstone River, it's lush [F#m] and it's green and it stretches [Bm] for miles.
[E] [D] Nothing [E] compared to the [A] Yellowstone Valley, there's nothing [F#m] as blue [D]
[E] as the [A] Yellowstone sky.
Oh the mornings are cooler [D] than they were [A] in Texas, the horses all feel good and wanting to [E] play.
[A] I've got one old knothead [D] that bucks [A] every morning, to get even with him [E] I'll ride [A] him two days.
[D] And I never once thought [A] I would be leaving Texas, my family's been down [B] there since after [E] the war.
[A] Just like my daddy [D] and his [A] dad before him, I long to see country [E] I ain't [A] seen before.
There's a [F#m] big summer range on the Yellowstone [A] River, it's [F#m] lush and it's green [A] and it stretches [D] for miles.
[E] Nothing [D]
compared [E] to the [A] Yellowstone Valley, there's nothing [F#m] as [D] blue [E] as the [A] Yellowstone sky.
[F#m]
[D] [E] [A]
[F#] [B] As we rode through Nebraska [E] I spotted [B] a cabin, a young girl in calico stood [F#] by the door.
[B] Red headed [E] green, she's a fair [B] granter's daughter, but this [F#] drive is over I'll see her [B] once more.
[E] Who knows I might homestead [B] and make her an offer, if her pa accepts me [C#] I'll make [F#] her my wife.
She [B] might like Montana [E] or the [B] Yellowstone Valley, either way I've got [F#] plans for the rest of [B] her life.
There's a big [G#m] summer range on the [B] Yellowstone River, it's [G#m] lush and it's green [B] and it [C#m] stretches for miles.
[F#] Nothing [E] compared [F#] to the [B] Yellowstone Valley, there's [G#m] nothing as [E] blue [F#] as the [B] Yellowstone sky.
Nothing [E] compared [F#] to the [B] Yellowstone Valley, there's [G#m] nothing as [E] blue [F#] as the [B] Yellowstone sky.
[G#m] [E] [F#]
[B]
[A]
We'd heard of the ranges [D] of the [A] Yellowstone Valley, where the summers are short and the grasses [E] are high.
[A] Those swarms of mosquitoes [D] will near drive [A] you crazy, stars shine like [E] diamonds in the Yellowstone [A] sky.
[D] We gathered our herd in [A] the brush of South Texas, tonight we're in view [B] of the Dodge [E] City lights.
[A] Buck says we're only [D] halfway to [A] Montana, but we're bound for [E] country that's well worth [A] the ride.
There's a big [F#m] summer range on the [A] Yellowstone River, it's lush [F#m] and it's green and it stretches [Bm] for miles.
[E] [D] Nothing [E] compared to the [A] Yellowstone Valley, there's nothing [F#m] as blue [D]
[E] as the [A] Yellowstone sky.
Oh the mornings are cooler [D] than they were [A] in Texas, the horses all feel good and wanting to [E] play.
[A] I've got one old knothead [D] that bucks [A] every morning, to get even with him [E] I'll ride [A] him two days.
[D] And I never once thought [A] I would be leaving Texas, my family's been down [B] there since after [E] the war.
[A] Just like my daddy [D] and his [A] dad before him, I long to see country [E] I ain't [A] seen before.
There's a [F#m] big summer range on the Yellowstone [A] River, it's [F#m] lush and it's green [A] and it stretches [D] for miles.
[E] Nothing [D]
compared [E] to the [A] Yellowstone Valley, there's nothing [F#m] as [D] blue [E] as the [A] Yellowstone sky.
[F#m]
[D] [E] [A]
[F#] [B] As we rode through Nebraska [E] I spotted [B] a cabin, a young girl in calico stood [F#] by the door.
[B] Red headed [E] green, she's a fair [B] granter's daughter, but this [F#] drive is over I'll see her [B] once more.
[E] Who knows I might homestead [B] and make her an offer, if her pa accepts me [C#] I'll make [F#] her my wife.
She [B] might like Montana [E] or the [B] Yellowstone Valley, either way I've got [F#] plans for the rest of [B] her life.
There's a big [G#m] summer range on the [B] Yellowstone River, it's [G#m] lush and it's green [B] and it [C#m] stretches for miles.
[F#] Nothing [E] compared [F#] to the [B] Yellowstone Valley, there's [G#m] nothing as [E] blue [F#] as the [B] Yellowstone sky.
Nothing [E] compared [F#] to the [B] Yellowstone Valley, there's [G#m] nothing as [E] blue [F#] as the [B] Yellowstone sky.
[G#m] [E] [F#]
[B]
Key:
E
A
B
D
F#
E
A
B
[E] _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ We'd heard of the ranges [D] of the [A] Yellowstone Valley, where the summers are short and the grasses [E] are high.
[A] Those swarms of mosquitoes [D] will near drive [A] you crazy, stars shine like [E] diamonds in the Yellowstone [A] sky.
_ [D] We gathered our herd in [A] the brush of South Texas, tonight we're in view [B] of the Dodge [E] City lights. _
[A] Buck says we're only [D] halfway to [A] Montana, but we're bound for [E] country that's well worth [A] the ride.
_ There's a big [F#m] summer range _ on the [A] Yellowstone River, _ _ it's lush [F#m] and it's green _ and it stretches [Bm] for miles.
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ Nothing [E] compared to the [A] Yellowstone Valley, _ _ there's nothing [F#m] as blue [D]
[E] as the [A] Yellowstone sky.
_ _ Oh the mornings are cooler [D] than they were [A] in Texas, the horses all feel good and wanting to [E] play.
_ [A] I've got one old knothead [D] that bucks [A] every morning, to get even with him [E] I'll ride [A] him two days.
[D] And I never once thought [A] I would be leaving Texas, my family's been down [B] there since after [E] the war.
_ [A] Just like my daddy [D] and his [A] dad before him, I long to see country [E] I ain't [A] seen before.
There's a [F#m] big summer range _ on the Yellowstone [A] River, _ _ it's [F#m] lush and it's green _ [A] and it stretches [D] for miles.
_ [E] _ Nothing [D]
compared [E] to the [A] Yellowstone Valley, _ _ there's nothing [F#m] as [D] blue _ [E] as the [A] Yellowstone sky.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] As we rode through Nebraska [E] I spotted [B] a cabin, a young girl in calico stood [F#] by the door. _
[B] Red headed [E] green, she's a fair [B] granter's daughter, but this [F#] drive is over I'll see her [B] once more.
[E] Who knows I might homestead [B] and make her an offer, if her pa accepts me [C#] I'll make [F#] her my wife.
She [B] might like Montana [E] or the [B] Yellowstone Valley, either way I've got [F#] plans for the rest of [B] her life.
_ There's a big [G#m] summer range _ on the [B] Yellowstone River, _ _ it's [G#m] lush and it's green [B] and it [C#m] stretches for miles.
[F#] _ Nothing [E] _ compared [F#] to the [B] Yellowstone Valley, _ there's [G#m] nothing as [E] blue [F#] _ as the [B] Yellowstone sky.
_ Nothing [E] compared _ [F#] to the [B] Yellowstone Valley, _ _ there's [G#m] nothing as [E] blue [F#] _ as the [B] Yellowstone sky. _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ We'd heard of the ranges [D] of the [A] Yellowstone Valley, where the summers are short and the grasses [E] are high.
[A] Those swarms of mosquitoes [D] will near drive [A] you crazy, stars shine like [E] diamonds in the Yellowstone [A] sky.
_ [D] We gathered our herd in [A] the brush of South Texas, tonight we're in view [B] of the Dodge [E] City lights. _
[A] Buck says we're only [D] halfway to [A] Montana, but we're bound for [E] country that's well worth [A] the ride.
_ There's a big [F#m] summer range _ on the [A] Yellowstone River, _ _ it's lush [F#m] and it's green _ and it stretches [Bm] for miles.
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ Nothing [E] compared to the [A] Yellowstone Valley, _ _ there's nothing [F#m] as blue [D]
[E] as the [A] Yellowstone sky.
_ _ Oh the mornings are cooler [D] than they were [A] in Texas, the horses all feel good and wanting to [E] play.
_ [A] I've got one old knothead [D] that bucks [A] every morning, to get even with him [E] I'll ride [A] him two days.
[D] And I never once thought [A] I would be leaving Texas, my family's been down [B] there since after [E] the war.
_ [A] Just like my daddy [D] and his [A] dad before him, I long to see country [E] I ain't [A] seen before.
There's a [F#m] big summer range _ on the Yellowstone [A] River, _ _ it's [F#m] lush and it's green _ [A] and it stretches [D] for miles.
_ [E] _ Nothing [D]
compared [E] to the [A] Yellowstone Valley, _ _ there's nothing [F#m] as [D] blue _ [E] as the [A] Yellowstone sky.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] As we rode through Nebraska [E] I spotted [B] a cabin, a young girl in calico stood [F#] by the door. _
[B] Red headed [E] green, she's a fair [B] granter's daughter, but this [F#] drive is over I'll see her [B] once more.
[E] Who knows I might homestead [B] and make her an offer, if her pa accepts me [C#] I'll make [F#] her my wife.
She [B] might like Montana [E] or the [B] Yellowstone Valley, either way I've got [F#] plans for the rest of [B] her life.
_ There's a big [G#m] summer range _ on the [B] Yellowstone River, _ _ it's [G#m] lush and it's green [B] and it [C#m] stretches for miles.
[F#] _ Nothing [E] _ compared [F#] to the [B] Yellowstone Valley, _ there's [G#m] nothing as [E] blue [F#] _ as the [B] Yellowstone sky.
_ Nothing [E] compared _ [F#] to the [B] Yellowstone Valley, _ _ there's [G#m] nothing as [E] blue [F#] _ as the [B] Yellowstone sky. _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
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