Song Of Wyoming

Words & Music by Kent Lewis
Sung by John Denver
from Windsong (1975)

Unusual chord:
C9   :   002333

capo up 2 frets

C  G  C

 C                  C7          F               Fm
Well,I'm weary and tired, I've done my day's ridin'
 C           Am        Dm7  G
Nightime is rollin my way
      C           C7           F                Fm
The sky's all on fire and the light's slowly fadin'
 C             F             C
Peaceful and still ends the day
 Em          Am   Em             C9
Out on the trail nightbirds are callin'
 F             Fm       C
Singin' their wild melody
 Em             Am  Em          C9
Down in the canyon cottonwood whispers
   F        Fm         C       F     Fm       C
A song of Wyoming for me

 C                 C7          F             Fm
Well I've wandered around the town and the city
          C          Am          Dm7  G
Tried to figure the how and the why
      C           C7                        F            Fm
Well, I stopped all my schemin', I'm just driftin' and dreamin'
C             F            C
Watching the river roll by
 Em              Am       Em         C9
Here comes that big old prarie moon risin'
  F            Fm           C
Shinin' down bright as can be
Em        Am            Em       C9
Up on the hill there's a coyote singin'
   F        Fm         C     F     Fm       C
A song of Wyoming for me

           C          C7          F            Fm
Now it's whiskey and tobacco and bitter black coffee
 C              Am      Dm7  G
A lonesome old dogie am I
           C          C7            F           Fm
But wakin' up on the range, Lord I feel like an angel
  C            F           C
Free like I almost could fly
Em             Am      Em           C9
Drift like a cloud out over the badlands
 F           Fm           C
Sing like a bird in the tree
    Em           Am   Em                 C9
The wind in the sage sounds like heaven singin'
   F        Fm       C
A song of Wyoming for me
   F        Fm       C       F      Fm       C
A song of Wyoming for me