---------------------------------------------------------------------------
My Rifle, My Pony and Me – Dean Martin
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Solo recording by Dean Martin (not the soundtrack recording with Ricky Nelson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AigXBl3hdcg
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: C
Key: C#/Db
For chords in original key transpose +1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C6 x-3-2-2-1-0
C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-1
F6 3-3-3-2-3-1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Intro
| [C] [F] [G] | [Am] [C/G] [F] | [C/E] [C7/E] [F] [G] | [C] [C6] [C] |
[C] [Em]
The sun is sinking in the west
[F] [Em] [Am] [F/G]
The cattle go down to the stream
[C] [Em]
The redwing settles in the nest
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[F/G] | [C] [C6] [C] [C6] [C] | [C] [C6] [C] [C6] [C] |
It's time for a cowboy to dream
Verse 1
[C] [F] [ [G] ]
Purple light in the canyons
[G] [C] [F] [ [G] ]
That's where I long to be
[G] [C] [F]
With my three good companions
[C/E] [Em] [Am] [Em] [Am]
Just my ri-fle, pony and me
Verse 2
[G] [C] [F] [ [G] ]
Gonna hang my sombrero
[G] [C] [F]
On the limb of a tree
[Em] [C6] [F]
Comin' home, sweetheart darlin'
[Em] [C7] [F] [G] | [Am] [C7] |
Just my ri-fle, pony and me
[F/G] [Em] [Am] [F] [G] | [C6] |
Just my ri-fle, my pony and me
[Verse 3] male singers, last line: Dean Martin
[C] [F]
Whippoorwill in the willow
[G] [C] [F]
Sings a sweet melody
[G] [C] [F]
Ridin' to Amarillo
[C/E] [Em] [Am] [Em] [Am]
Just my ri-fle, pony and me
Verse 4
[G] [C] [F] ([G])
No more cows to be ropin'( to be ropin')
[G] [C] [F]
No more strays will I see
[Em] [C6] [F]
Round the bend she'll be waitin'
[Em] [C7] [F] [G] | [Am] [C7] |
For my ri-fle, pony and me
[F/G] [Em] [Am] [F] [G] [ [C] ]
For my ri-fle ... my pony ... and me
[Outro] (freely)
| [C] | [F6] | [C]
