Chris Ledoux Western Skies key of G off greatest hits Intro: |G |D |C |C G/B Am7 G| |G |D |C |C G/B Am7 G| Verse: |G |D | |C |G | or |C G/B Am7 G | over the G |G |D | |C |D | |Am | | |D | | |G |D/F# | |Em | | |C | | |D | | Bridge: |Em | | |D | | |C | | |D | | VERSE 1: My Nashville friends think I'm strange to make my home out on the range Think it's nothin' but a God forsaken land Why don't you bring your guitar and family, move on down to Tennesse Well, I just smile because they don't understand But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain mornin' Watched those cotton candy clouds roll by They'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies VERSE 2: I got peace of mind and elbow room I love the smell of sage in bloom Catch a rainbow on my fishin' line We got county fairs and rodeos, ain't a better place for my kids to grow Just turn'm loose in the western summer time And if you ever held your woman on a summer's evening While the prairie moon was blazin' in her eyes You'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies BRIDGE: You ain't lived until you've watched those Northern Lights Set around the campfire and hear the coyotes call at night Makes you feel alright VERSE 3: So guess I'll stay right where I'm at, wear my boots and my cowboy hat But I'll come and see ya once in a while I'll bring my guitar and sing my songs, sorry if I don't stay too long I love Tennessee but ya know it's just not my style I gotta be where I can see those Rocky Mountains Ride my horse and watch an eagle fly I gotta live my life and write my songs beneath these Western Skies When I die you can bury me beneath these Western Skies, Yippee Yi