Indian Cowboy
Townes Van ZandtVersion1
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Chords in this song
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If you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
I'll tell you a tale to remember
When the white horses leap rings of fire
It was a cold night in old Oklahoma
And the show was about to begin
The animals they was all restless
When the star-horse broke from her pen
Well, she was a mare of high spirits
Like a whore on a Saturday night
Just a-kickin' and a-buckin' while the men were a-brushin'
The elephants lined on the side
Now close to the tent sat a lantern
It was dangerously close to the hay
That mare headed straight for that lantern
Some fool had left by mistake
Then up jumps an Indian Cowboy
And his lasso he throws through the air
Smack-dab in the middle of danger
He ropes the runaway mare
And the elephants raised up their trumpets
And one of them broke from her chains
Stampeded that Indian Cowboy
Who just saved the big-top from flames
So if you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
Remember that Indian Cowboy
The ring of fire
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Readable chord sheet for Indian Cowboy by Townes Van Zandt
If you e[C]ver go [G7]out to the c[C]ircus Where the Wallendas walk on the w[G]ire I'll t[C]ell you a tale to rem[F]ember When the wh[C]ite horses l[G7]eap rings of f[C]ire It was a cold night in old Oklahoma And the show was about to begin The animals they was all restless When the star-horse broke from her pen Well, she was a mare of high spirits Like a whore on a Saturday night Just a-kickin' and a-buckin' while the men were a-brushin' The elephants lined on the side Now close to the tent sat a lantern It was dangerously close to the hay That mare headed straight for that lantern Some fool had left by mistake Then up jumps an Indian Cowboy And his lasso he throws through the air Smack-dab in the middle of danger He ropes the runaway mare And the elephants raised up their trumpets And one of them broke from her chains Stampeded that Indian Cowboy Who just saved the big-top from flames So if you ever go out to the circus Where the Wallendas walk on the wire Remember that Indian Cowboy The ring of fire