Chords for When the Work's All Done This Fall

[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ A group of jolly [F] cowboys discussing [Dm] plans at ease
[G] Says one, I'll tell you something boys if you will [C] listen please
I'm an old [F] cowpuncher you've seen me dressed in rags
[G] I used to be a good one boys and I went on [C] great big jams
I have got a home [F] boys a good one you [Dm] all know
[G] Although I haven't seen it since very [C] long ago
I'm headed back to Dixie [F] once more to see them all
[G] I'm going to see my mother when the work's all [C] done this fall
When I left my home boys [F] my mother for [Dm] me cried
[G] She begged me not to go boys for me she would [C] have died
Mother's heart is aching [F] breaking only that's all
[G] With God's help I'll see her when the work's all [C] done this fall
That _ _ _ [F] _ _
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[C] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] very night this cowboy [F#] went out to stand [D#m] his guard
[G#] The night was dark and cloudy and storming [C#] very hard
The cattle they got frightened [F#] and rushed in wild stampede
[G#] The cowboy tried to head them while riding at [C#] full speed
Riding in the darkness [F#] so loudly did [D#m] he shout
[G#] Trying hard to head them and turn the [C#] herd back
His saddle horse did stumble [F#] right on him it did fall
[G#] He'll not see his mother when the work's all [C#] done this fall _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] Said my mother my wages [G] boys the wages [Em] I have earned
[A] I am so afraid boys the last year [D] I've turned
Headed for a new [G] range I hear the master's call
[A] I'll not see my mother when the work's all [D] done this fall
Friend you take my saddle, [G] George you [Em] take my bed
[A] Will you take my pistol after [D] I am dead
Please think of me kindly [G] when you look upon them all
[A] I'll not see my mother when the work's all [D] done this fall _ _
Charlie was buried at sunrise [G] no tombstone [Em] for his head
[A] Nothing but a little bone and this is [D] what it said
Charlie died at [G] daybreak he died from a fall
[A] He'll not see his mother when the work's all done this [D] fall _ _ _ _ _
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