When The Work's All Done This Fall
Michael Martin Murphey
Intro:G7-C
[C]A group of jolly cowboys, discu[F]ssing plans at ease
Says o[G7]ne, I'll tell you something, boys, if you will listen, p[C]lease
I am an old cow-puncher, you s[F]ee me dressed in rags
I us[G7]ed to be a good one boys, and went on great big j[C]ags
I have got a home boys, a good one you all know
Although I haven't seen it, since very long ago
I'm headed back to Dixie once more to see them all
I'm going to see my mother when the work's all done this fall
When I left my home, boys, my mother for me cried
She begged me not to go, boys, for me she would have died
Mother's heart is aching, breaking for me, that's all
With God's help I'll see her when the work's all done this fall
Instrumental: C-F-G7
(Change keys ½ Step)
[C]That very night this cowboy went [F]out to stand his guard
The n[G7]ight was dark and cloudy and storming very [C]hard
The cattle, they got frightened and r[F]ushed in wild stampede
The co[G7]wboy tried to head them while riding at full [C]speed
Riding in the darkness, so loudly he did shout
Trying hard to head them and turn the herd about
His saddle horse did stumble and on him it did fall
He'll not see his mother when the work's all done this fall
Instrumental: C-F-G7
(Change keys ½ Step)
[D]Send my mother my wages, boys, the w[G]ages I have earned
I [A7]am so afraid, boys, the last steer I have tu[D]rned
I'm headed for a new range, I h[G]ear my Master call
I'll n[A7]ot see my mother when the work's all done this f[D]all
Fred, you take my saddle, George, you take my bed
Bill, you take my pistol after I am dead
Please think of me kindly when you look upon them all
I'll not see my mother when the work's all done this fall
Charlie was buried at sunrise, no tombstone for his head
Nothing but a little board, and this is what it said
Charlie died at daybreak, he died from a fall
He'll not see his mother when the work's all done this fall
Michael Martin Murphey
Intro:G7-C
[C]A group of jolly cowboys, discu[F]ssing plans at ease
Says o[G7]ne, I'll tell you something, boys, if you will listen, p[C]lease
I am an old cow-puncher, you s[F]ee me dressed in rags
I us[G7]ed to be a good one boys, and went on great big j[C]ags
I have got a home boys, a good one you all know
Although I haven't seen it, since very long ago
I'm headed back to Dixie once more to see them all
I'm going to see my mother when the work's all done this fall
When I left my home, boys, my mother for me cried
She begged me not to go, boys, for me she would have died
Mother's heart is aching, breaking for me, that's all
With God's help I'll see her when the work's all done this fall
Instrumental: C-F-G7
(Change keys ½ Step)
[C]That very night this cowboy went [F]out to stand his guard
The n[G7]ight was dark and cloudy and storming very [C]hard
The cattle, they got frightened and r[F]ushed in wild stampede
The co[G7]wboy tried to head them while riding at full [C]speed
Riding in the darkness, so loudly he did shout
Trying hard to head them and turn the herd about
His saddle horse did stumble and on him it did fall
He'll not see his mother when the work's all done this fall
Instrumental: C-F-G7
(Change keys ½ Step)
[D]Send my mother my wages, boys, the w[G]ages I have earned
I [A7]am so afraid, boys, the last steer I have tu[D]rned
I'm headed for a new range, I h[G]ear my Master call
I'll n[A7]ot see my mother when the work's all done this f[D]all
Fred, you take my saddle, George, you take my bed
Bill, you take my pistol after I am dead
Please think of me kindly when you look upon them all
I'll not see my mother when the work's all done this fall
Charlie was buried at sunrise, no tombstone for his head
Nothing but a little board, and this is what it said
Charlie died at daybreak, he died from a fall
He'll not see his mother when the work's all done this fall
