Red Steagall — A Cowboys Special Christmas

    	    	Вступление

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aan4su5SW94

Key  D capo 2

[Intro]
C

[Verse 1]
C              C7                Dm          Dm7
Sittin’ in the bunkhouse feelin’ sorry for myself
F                 D7          G    G7
Christmas Eve can be a lonely time
          F                            G7
I started thinkin’ about Jim’s widowed wife
    Em                       A7
And those kids without their dad tonight
   D7                                          G7   G7   C   C
He worked this ranch was a real good friend of mine

[Verse 2]
C                  C7           Dm            Dm7
Three weeks growth on my jaw an old red faded mackinaw
  F                    D7            G    G7
I hitched a team and I went to cut a tree
        F              G
I don’t know if it was all the snow
     Am            F
Or because I had a place to go
  D               G               C   C7
I started feelin’ kinda Christmas Eve

[Chorus]
F
Grabbed some can goods from the store
        Em
Left an IOU on Cookies door
F                         G               Am   C7
Unwrapped the lines and I drove the team away
    F                  G
The harness bells rang out for miles
     Am               F
They ran out on their porch all smiles
Dm                 G            C      C
Said I looked like Santa on his sleigh

[Verse 3]
   C                                 Dm
We read the Christmas story from the bible and we sang
    F               D7            G    G7
The kids took turns sittin’ on my knee
        F                G
We made paper chains and popcorn strings
Am                F
Heard the coyotes caroling
      Dm              G               C    C7
While mom crocheted a star to top the tree

[Chorus]
        F                              Em
For the little girl a rope knot doll I fashioned on the fly
   F                      G          Am   C7
My pocket knife I wrapped up for the boy
  F                G
I gave their mom a Christmas poem
    Am             F
And they gave me a Christmas horn
     Dm                   G                C   G7
That filled this cowboy’s empty heart with joy

[Verse 4]
       C              C7
And to think I nearly spent this night
    Dm              Dm7
All wrapped up in myself
F                   D7              G    G7
While headed home I felt a teardrop fall
       F                 G
I took off my hat in the cold night air
Em                  Am F   A7
Offered up a simple cowboy prayer
    D                   G                C   C
And thanked God for the greatest gift of all

[Verse 2]
C                  C7           Dm            Dm7
Three weeks growth on my jaw an old red faded mackinaw
  F                    D7            G    G7
I hitched a team and I went to cut a tree
        F              G
I don’t know if it was all the snow
     Am            F
Or because I had a place to go
  D               G               C   F   C
I started feelin’ kinda Christmas Eve