{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1118466,"song":"The Cowboys Christmas Ball","artist":"The Killers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1118466-the-cowboys-christmas-ball-chords-by-the-killers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1118466?type=chord","rating":4.73021,"votes":13,"content":"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball - the killers\r\n\r\nChords:\r\n       [ch]C#[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]G#[/ch]    [ch]Bbm[/ch]    [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]E |----4------2------4------1------1-----|\r\nB |----6------2------4------2------1-----|\r\nG |----6------3------5------3------1-----|\r\nD |----6------4------6------3------3-----|\r\nA |----4------4------6------1------3-----|\r\nE |-----------2------4-------------1-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n*Intro:\r\n       [ch]C#[/ch]                      [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]                      [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]E |--------------4-------------------------|-----------------4-----------------------|\r\nB |-----6-----7-----6----------------------|-------6-----7------6--------------------|\r\nG |--6--------------------6--------6-------|----6--------------------6---------5--6--|\r\nD |-----------------------------8-----6----|-------------------------------8---------|\r\nA |----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|\r\nE |----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                  [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nWay out in North Nevada, where the Trukee's waters flow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                          [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nWhere the cattle are \"a-browzin'' and the Spanish ponies grow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                       [ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]C#[/ch]  \r\nWhere the Norther comes whistlin' from beyond the Neutral strip[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                   [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nAnd the prairie dogs are sneezin' as if they had \"the Grip\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]Bbm[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nWhere the coyotes come a-howlin' round the ranches after dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#[/ch]              [ch]Bbm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nAnd the blue-birds are singin' to the lovely \"medder lark\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]Bbm[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nWhere the big horns are grazin' and the lonely plovers call[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]Bbm[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch] \r\nIt was there that I attended \"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n*(REPEAT INTRO)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                  [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nThe boys had left the ranches and come to town in piles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                    [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nThe ladies \"kinder scatterin'\" had gathered in for miles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                       [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nThe room was togged out gorgeous with mistletoe and shawls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]G#[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nAnd candles flickered frescoes around the airy walls[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#[/ch]                 [ch]Bbm[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nThe \"wimmin folks\" looked lovely, the boys looked kinder treed[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#[/ch]              [ch]Bbm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nTill their leader commenced yellin': \"Hey, fellers, let's stampede\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#[/ch]            [ch]Bbm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nThe music started sighin' and a-wailin' through the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#[/ch]          [ch]Bbm[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch] \r\nAs a kind of introduction to \"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n*(REPEAT INTRO)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                       [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nThe leader was a fellow that came from Swenson's Ranch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                    [ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nThey called him \"Windy Billy,\" from \"little Dead-man's Branch\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                                  [ch]F#[/ch]                    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nHis rig was \"kinder keerless,\" big spurs and high-heeled boots[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                           [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]G#[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nHe had the reputation that comes when \"fellers shoots\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bbm[/ch]                      [ch]Fm[/ch]        \r\nHis voice was like the bugle upon the mountain's height[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bbm[/ch]                        [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nHis feet were animated, an' a mighty movin' sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#[/ch]                               [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]C#[/ch]   \r\nWhen he commenced to holler, \"Now, fellers, stake yer pen![/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#[/ch]                                   [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nCome on! lock horns to all them heifers, an' russle 'em like men[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#[/ch]                 [ch]Bbm[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nSaloot yer lovely critters; now swing an' let 'em go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#[/ch]                  [ch]Bbm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nClimb the grape vine round 'em, all hands do-ce-do![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#[/ch]                [ch]Bbm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nAnd Mavericks, jine the round-up, jest skip her waterfall\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#[/ch]               [ch]Bbm[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch] \r\nHuh! hit wuz gittin' happy, \"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n*(REPEAT INTRO)\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#[/ch]                             [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nDon't tell me about cotillions, or germans. No sir 'ee![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nThat whirl at Carson City just takes the cake with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#[/ch]                          [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nI'm sick of lazy shufflin's, of them I've had my fill[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#[/ch]                             [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]G#[/ch]    [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nJust give me a fronteer breakdown, backed up by Wild Bill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#[/ch]               [ch]Bbm[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nMcAllister ain't nowhere! when Windy leads the show[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#[/ch]                 [ch]Bbm[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nI've seen 'em both in harness, an' so I sorter know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#[/ch]               [ch]Bbm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nOh, Bill, I sha'n't forget yer, and I'll oftentimes recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#[/ch]           [ch]Bbm[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch] \r\nThat lively-gaited sworray, \"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#[/ch]               [ch]Bbm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]C#[/ch]\r\nOh, Bill, I sha'n't forget yer, and I'll oftentimes recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#[/ch]           [ch]Bbm[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]     [ch]C#[/ch] \r\nThat lively-gaited sworray, \"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n*Outro: [ch]G#[/ch]-[ch]C#[/ch]","plain_text":"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball - the killers\n\nChords:\n       C#     F#     G#    Bbm    Fm\n\n\n\n\n\n*Intro:\n       C#                      F#     C#          C#                      F# G# C#\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*(REPEAT INTRO)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*(REPEAT INTRO)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*(REPEAT INTRO)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Outro: G#-C#","chords":["C#","F#","G#","Bbm","Fm","E","B","G","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]}}}