Ride, Cowboy, Ride
by Marty Robbins

FRide, cowboy, ride
CDon't ride too slow
GTucson's a mighty long wCay yet to go

CHe started his long ride in PDmrescott
CThe sun was a hundred or mDmore
COn down he rode at full gDmallop
CInto the Gflat desert fCloor

CDriving the big herd to FDmlagstaff
CIn Prescott the letter was tDmhere
CHappiness soon would be sDmorrow
CSad news the lGetter did bCear

FRide, cowboy, ride
CDon't go too slow
GRide, cowboy, ride
You've a Clong way to go

CYour darlin' now lies on her dDmeathbed
CRacked by fever and pDmain
CReaching for you at her bDmedside
CAt each breath she's cGallin' your nCame

CForward he leaned in the sDmaddle
CPushing through mesquite and sDmage
CHis head never raised for a gDmreeting
CAs he passed the WGickenburg sCtage

FRide, cowboy, ride
CDon't ride too slow
GTucson's a mighty long wCay yet to go

CIn Phoenix he traded hDmorses
CNow on the back of this rDmoan
CHe could see visions of TDmucson
CHis darlin' and tGheir lovely hCome

FRide, cowboy, ride
CDon't ride too slow
GThere's still a hundred and tCwenty to go

CIn through the ranch gate he gDmalloped
CAnd without breaking his sDmtride
CHe bounded out of the sDmaddle
CAnd rushed to his sGweet darlin's siCde

CThen as the dyin' girl sDmaw him
CA smile came over her fDmace
CHolding her hand as it tDmightened
CBarely had Ghe won the Crace

FRide, cowboy, ride
COn through the blue
GRide, cowboy, ride
She'll be Cwaiting for you

FRide, cowboy, ride
COn through the blue
GRide, cowboy, ride
She'll be Cwaiting fFor yCou

(Thanks to Joe Q. for tabs)