{"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":2097983,"song":"Little Joe The Wrangler","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2097983-little-joe-the-wrangler-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2097983?type=chord","rating":4.75568,"votes":25,"content":"Capo 3\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle Joe, The Wrangler, will wrangle nevermore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHis days with the roundup, they are o'er[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas a year ago last April, when he rode into our camp[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust a little Texas stray and nothin' more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas late in the ev'nin', when he rode into our camp[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOn a little Texas pony, he called Chaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith his brogan shoes and overalls, a tougher lookin' kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou never in your life before, had saw.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis saddle was a Texas 'kack' built many years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAn O.K. spur on one foot, lightly swung[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith his pack rolled in a cotton sack, so loosely tied behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a canteen from his saddle horn, was slung.[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe said he had to leave his home, his (G) pa had married twice\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHis new ma whipped him every day or two[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo he saddled up old Chaw one night and \"lit a shuck\" this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said he'd try to paddle his own can- oe.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe'd said if we would give him work, he'd do the best he could[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTho' he didn't know straight up, about a cow[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo the Boss, he cut him out a mount and kindly put him on[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe sorta liked this little kid, some- how.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe learned to wrangle horses and learned to know them all[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd get them in at daybreak, if he could[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd to trail the old chuck wagon and always hitch the team[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd help the \"cookie\" ev'nin's - rustle wood.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe had hardly reached the Pecos, the weather it was fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWe were camped down on the south side, in a draw[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen a 'Norther' commenced blowin' and we doubled up our guard[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt took ev'ryone of us, to hold them in.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLittle Joe, The Wrangler, was called out with the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nScarcely had the little fellow reached the herd[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the cattle, they stampeded, like a hail storm on, they fled[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd ev'ryone was ridin' for the lead.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA- mid the streaks of lightnin', there was one horse up ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe was tryin' to catch the leader in their speed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was Little Joe, The Wrangler, with a slicker o'er his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was ridin' old Blue Rocket in the lead.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt last, we got them millin' and kinda quieted down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd the extra guards, back to the wagon, went[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut there was one a-missin', you could see it, at a glance[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas our little Texas stray, poor wrangler Joe.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext mornin', just at daybreak, we found where Rocket fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDown in a washout, twenty feet be- low[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBe- neath his horse, his life was gone, his spur had rung its knell[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas our little Texas stray, poor wrangler Joe.[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 3\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\nHe said he had to leave his home, his (G) pa had married twice\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["D","G","A7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}