Don’t fence me in (Listen to midi) (Listen to sample)

C C7 F C

Wild Cap Kelley, lookin’ mighty pale

G

was standing by the sheriff’s side,

C C7 F C

and when that sheriff said I’m sending you to jail,

G C

wild Cap raised his head and cried :

C

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,

G

don't fence me in !

G G7 G G7

Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,

G G7 C

don't fence me in !

C C7

Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze,

F Dm

and listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees,

C Em A A7 - Dm G C

send me off forever, but I ask you, please, don't fence me in !

F

Just turn me loose,

C

let me straddle my old saddle underneath the western skies,

F

on my Cayuse,

C

let me wander over yonder till I see the mountains rise.

C C7

I want to ride to the ridge where the West commences,

F Dm

and gaze at the moon till I lose my senses,

C Em A A7 - Dm G C

I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences, don't fence me in !

+ CHORUS lines 1 to 7 as instrumental + repeat complete CHORUS

(orig.=capo 4th;midi=capo5th, starts with CHORUS)
(Roy Rogers)