Western Skies

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Western Skies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dabx4uCqCc
Chris Ledoux
Key: G 4/4
[Intro]
G D Em C
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G D Em C
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[1st Verse]
G D C
My Nashville friends think I'm strange
G
to make my home out on the range
D C D
Think it's nothin' but a God forsaken land
G D
Why don't you bring your guitar and family,
C G
move on down to Tennesse
D C D
Well, I just smile because they don't understand
[Chorus]
Am D
But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain mornin'
G D/F# Em
Watched those cotton candy clouds roll by
C D G D Em C
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They'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies
G D Em C
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[2nd Verse]
G D
I got peace of mind and elbow room
C G
I love the smell of sage in bloom
D C D
Catch a rainbow on my fishin' line
G D
We got county fairs and rodeos,
C G
ain't a better place for my kids to grow
D C D
Just turn'm loose in the western summer time
[Chorus]
Am D
And if you ever held your woman on a summer's evening
G D Em
While the prairie moon was blazin' in her eyes
C D G D/F# G
You'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies
Em D C D G F#
You ain't lived until you've watched those Northern Lights
Em D C
Set around the campfire and hear the coyotes call at night
D
Makes you feel alright
G D C G D C D G D C G D G
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G D
So guess I'll stay right where I'm at,
C G
wear my boots and my cowboy hat
D C D
But I'll come and see ya once in a while
G D
I'll bring my guitar and sing my songs,
C G
sorry if I don't stay too long
D C D
I love Tennessee but ya know it just aint' my style
Am D
I gotta be where I can see those Rocky Mountains
G D Em
Ride my horse and watch an eagle fly
C D G D/F# Em
I gotta live my life and write my songs beneath these Western Skies
C D G D/F# Em C
When I die you can bury me beneath these Western Skies
G D/F# Em C
Yippee Yi
G D/F# Em C
G D/F# Em C
G

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Western Skies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dabx4uCqCc
Chris Ledoux
Key: G 4/4
[Intro]
G - D - Em - C
G - D - Em - C
[1st Verse]
[Chorus]
G - D - Em - C
[2nd Verse]
[Chorus]
G - D - C - G - D - C - D - G - D - C - G - D - G
G D/F# Em  C
G D/F# Em  C
G

Western Skies Chords by Chris LeDoux

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