Intro:
GAmGCGAmGCGVerse 1:
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When the boy was no more than a shaver
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His old man told many a tale
GCGG
How his great granddad used to go drovin’
DD7G
Back and forth on the old Chisholm Trail
C
Now you might say the boy got infected
G
By a fantasy of the old west
A7
For his heart and his soul got connected
DD7
To a spirit that won’t let him rest
Chorus:
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Now he don’t wear spurs that go jingle
GGCD
He don’t spend his nights ‘round a fire
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And it’s diesel oil that his horses require
GGCD
He is a latter day cowboy
GGCD
Dressed as a truck drivin’ man
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Drivin’ his wheels and his dreams to Cheyenne
[Repeat IntroVerse 2:
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He beds down by the side of the highway
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At the sight of the first evenin’ star
GCGG
In the darkness his big pony idles
DD7G
As he quietly strums his guitar
C
And he sings out a song of his sweetheart
G
Even as her sweet mem’ry grows dim
A7
And he sings of the trail he has chosen
DD7
But the actual fact is the trail chose him
[Repeat ChorusInterlude:
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[Repeat ChorusTag:
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Drivin’ his wheels and his dreams to Cheyenne
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.