Arkansas Dave

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Written by George "Bubba" Strait, Jr.
Performed by George Strait on Twang (2009), MCA Nashville
[Intro]
C G C C G C
[Verse 1]
C G C
He rode up on a winter day
C G C
Steam rising off a streak-faced bay
F C F
Said, you probably know my name
C G C
If you don't it's Arkansas Dave
[Verse 2]
C G C
He talked of fifteen years ago
C G C
And how he got the bay he rode
F C F
Said, he killed a man in Oh - i - o
C G C
First man he killed, first horse he stole
[Chorus 1]
F C F
It was a long road for Arkansas Dave
C G C
He shot and left him where he lay
F C F
Said, he'd never forget that winter day
C G C
He rode off on a streak-faced bay
[Verse 4]
C G C
I stood up and I shook his hand
C G C
Told no one that I knew this man
F C F
Started thinking of a plan
C G C
'Bout how I'd deal him his last hand
[Verse 5]
C G C
Didn't take him long to come unwound
C G C
He jumped up and gunned two men down
F C F
Ran outside to leave the town
C G C
But ol' bay was nowhere to be found
--Modulate up to D--
[Verse 6]
D A D
I hid out with my forty-four
D A D
And when he walked back through the door
G D G
I shot till I could shoot no more
D A D
And Dave Rudabaugh fell to the floor
[Chorus 2]
G D G
It was the end of the road for Arkansas Dave
D A D
I shot and left him where he lay
G D G
I'll never forget that winter day
D A D
I rode off on the streak faced bay
G D G
No I'll never forget that winter day
D A D
I rode home on daddy's streak faced bay
[Outro]
D A D D A D

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Written by George "Bubba" Strait, Jr.
Performed by George Strait on Twang (2009), MCA Nashville
[Intro]
 C G C C G C
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 1]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]
--Modulate up to D--
[Verse 6]
[Chorus 2]
[Outro]
D A D D A D

Arkansas Dave Chords by George Strait

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Arkansas Dave Chords · George Strait