The Banks of The Musselshell chords - Tom Russell

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The Banks Of The Musselshell: Tom Russell 
Album: Songs Of The West 
Written by Ian Tyson & Tom Russell 

Chorded by Gary W, 16Aug07 

Note 1: I copied it out from the recording and may have some words wrong. 
Note 2: Not sure of the bad guy’s name “Bill D’Charm”. Could have been my name...I'm sort of like him. 

Capo 4th fret 

Intro: [G] 

[G] I stare out every evenin’ 
At the [C] distant Northern [G] Star 
It leads us ever Northward 
And it [C] tells us that we [G] are 
Lost below the [F] Yellowstone 
In a land unknown to [G] me 
Ten thousand miles from my [C] loved ones 
And my home across the [G] sea 

We travel through an empty land 
The [C] benches are all [G] strewn 
With Bison bones that shine ghost white 
‘Neath the [C] risin’ of the [G] moon And the red wolf howls an [F] answer As I try to sing on [G] guard Indentured to these [C] Texans In a land so wild and [G] hard When I hired on to Bill D’Charm In the [C] heat of the Texas [G] sun I was unaware of his darker side His [C] quickness with a [G] gun But I made a solemn [F] promise Oh, I’d ride with him through [G] hell Deliver the herds to the [C] ends of the earth Or the mouth of the Mussel-[G]-shell Well I just turned about sixteen When we [C] hit that first cow [G] town I drank my first strong liquor Ohhh, and the [C] women spun me [G] round But of all the barroom [F] angels With their soft forbidden [G] charms I was stuck on blue-eyed [C] Annie Who belonged to Bill D’-[G]-Charm Chorus: And the [F] boy became a [C] man That [F] night in Annie’s [D] arms Oh, [F] Annie cried and [C] begged me Be-[D]-ware of Bill D’-[D7]-Charm We [G] left that Texas cow town We [C] pointed the big herd [G] North But the first night when the moon was down I rode [C] back to old Fort [G] Worth They were closin’ up the [F] barroom Oh, they were rollin’ up the [G] floor My heart was in my [C] mouth As I knocked on Annie’s [G] door Repeat Chorus Old [G] Bill D’Charm had one bad eye And his [C] face was a devilish [G] red The results of a bygone ferry fire When he [C] crawled back from the [G] dead And every night in [F] dreams As I rolled in Annie’s [G] arms I’d wait to face old [C] Satan In the guise of Bill D’-[G]-Charm When each night crossed the campfire I’d [C] face that one bad [G] eye Did he know that I’d betrayed him Had my [C] hour come to [G] die One promise he made [F] true Ahh, we rode with him through [G] hell We delivered the herds to the [C] ends of the earth And the mouth of the Mussel-[G]-shell Repeat Chorus [G]//// //// [C]//// [G]//// //// //// [C]//// [G]//// [F]//// //// //// [G]//// //// [C]//// //// [G]//// //// //// //// But now as we near the Yellowstone The [C] snow begins to [G] fall And soon this dreadful enterprise Shall be [C] endin’ for us [G] all It’s then I’ll need fast [F] horses Ahh, to fly to Annie’s [G] arms And stay one jump a-[C]-head of The guns of Bill D’-[G]-Charm Repeat Chorus Oh, the [F] boy became a [C] man That [F] night in Annie’s [D] arms [F] Annie cried and [C] begged me Be-[D]-ware of Bill D’-[D7]-Charm [G] Ooooh-ooh-[C]-ooh-ooh-ooh-[G]-ooh [G] Ooooh-ooh-[C]-ooh-ooh-ooh-[G]-ooh Ohh-ohh-[F]-hmmmmmmmmmm-[G]-hmmm [C]-Ooooh-ooh-[G]-oooooh-ooh-ooh-oooooh-oooh-ooh……[fade] [Thanks to Gary W for tabs]


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