The Ballad Of Belle Starr
Michael Martin MurpheyVersion1
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As she rode into Dallas on a dashing black stallion
The silver trimmed bridle caught the rays of the sun
She had a plume in the band of her spotless white Stetson
A long velvet gown and two matching six guns.
Sometimes she wore fringe on her bright beaded buckskins
Raised hell with her pistols and smoked a cigar
She had a rattlesnake necklace and she loved desperados
This pettycoat wildcat, the outlaw Belle Starr.
Born Myrabelle Sherley in Southwest Missouri
She spoke Greek and Latin and Hebrew quite well
She's fierce as a wildcat, deadly aim with a pistol
She played the piano like a sweet Southern belle.
Her brother rode under the black flag in Kansas
He was killed with one thrill in the great Civil War
She was only sixteen when she bought twin revolvers
And began her career as the outlaw Belle Starr.
And she loved many men who were wild, rough and fearless
She danced with Cole Younger and she fancied Frank James
She married Jim Reed, a dashing young outlaw
Many a lawman soon cursed her name.
She robbed, smuggled whiskey and she sold it to Indians
Rode a big horse named Venus, as black as cold tar
She rode out a-ridin' with Sam Starr the badman
And soon became known as the outlaw Belle Starr
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Readable chord sheet for The Ballad Of Belle Starr by Michael Martin Murphey
[C]As she rode into [F]Dallas on a d[C]ashing black s[G]tallion The [C]silver trimmed b[F]ridle caught the [C]rays of the [G]sun She had a [C]plume in the [F]band of her s[C]potless white [G]Stetson A [C]long velvet [F]gown and two [G]matching six [C]guns. [Am]Sometimes she wore f[F]ringe on her b[G]right beaded b[C]uckskins Raised [F]hell with her p[C]istols and s[Am]moked a ci[G]gar She had a [C]rattlesnake [F]necklace and she [C]loved des[G]perados This p[C]ettycoat w[F]ildcat, the [G]outlaw Belle [C]Starr. Born Myrabelle Sherley in Southwest Missouri She spoke Greek and Latin and Hebrew quite well She's fierce as a wildcat, deadly aim with a pistol She played the piano like a sweet Southern belle. Her brother rode under the black flag in Kansas He was killed with one thrill in the great Civil War She was only sixteen when she bought twin revolvers And began her career as the outlaw Belle Starr. And she loved many men who were wild, rough and fearless She danced with Cole Younger and she fancied Frank James She married Jim Reed, a dashing young outlaw Many a lawman soon cursed her name. She robbed, smuggled whiskey and she sold it to Indians Rode a big horse named Venus, as black as cold tar She rode out a-ridin' with Sam Starr the badman And soon became known as the outlaw Belle Starr