Verse 1
[C]Oh the Deadwood stage is rolling on over the plains
With the curtains flapping and the driver slapping the [G]reins
Beautiful sky a [C]wonderful day
[G]Whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[C]way
Verse 2
[C]Oh the Deadwood stage is heading on over the hills
Where the Injun arrows are thicker than porcupine [G]quills
Dangerous land no [C]time to delay
So [G]whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[C]way
Bridge
We're heading [F]straight for town [C]loaded down [G]with a fancy [C]cargo
[F]Care of Wells and [C]Fargo Illi[G]nois - [G]boy
Verse 3
Oh the [C]Deadwood stage is coming on over the crest
Like a homing pigeon that's hankering after its [G]nest
Twenty three miles we've [C]covered today
So [G]whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[C]way
Bridge
The wheels go [F]turning round [C]homeward bound [G]can't you hear them [C]humming
[F]Happy times are [C]coming for to [G]stay - [G]hey
Verse 4
We'll be [C]home tonight by the light of the silvery moon
And our hearts are thumping like a mandolin plunking a [G]tune
When I get home I'm [C]fixing to stay
So [G]whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[C]way
[G]Whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[G]way[C]
[C]Oh the Deadwood stage is rolling on over the plains
With the curtains flapping and the driver slapping the [G]reins
Beautiful sky a [C]wonderful day
[G]Whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[C]way
Verse 2
[C]Oh the Deadwood stage is heading on over the hills
Where the Injun arrows are thicker than porcupine [G]quills
Dangerous land no [C]time to delay
So [G]whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[C]way
Bridge
We're heading [F]straight for town [C]loaded down [G]with a fancy [C]cargo
[F]Care of Wells and [C]Fargo Illi[G]nois - [G]boy
Verse 3
Oh the [C]Deadwood stage is coming on over the crest
Like a homing pigeon that's hankering after its [G]nest
Twenty three miles we've [C]covered today
So [G]whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[C]way
Bridge
The wheels go [F]turning round [C]homeward bound [G]can't you hear them [C]humming
[F]Happy times are [C]coming for to [G]stay - [G]hey
Verse 4
We'll be [C]home tonight by the light of the silvery moon
And our hearts are thumping like a mandolin plunking a [G]tune
When I get home I'm [C]fixing to stay
So [G]whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[C]way
[G]Whip crack away whip crack away whip crack a[G]way[C]