Empty saddles    (Listen to sample)

 

   A                                     D            -  A                       B7      E

1.    Empty saddles in the old corral,      where do you ride tonight?

                    A                      A7                   D                  B7

    Are you rounding up the doggies, the strays of long ago?

                  A                     E    A-D-A

    Are you on the trail to Buffalo?

 

   A                                     D              - A                       B7       E

2.    Empty saddles in the old corral,       where do you ride tonight?

                    A                       A7              D                 B7

    Are there rustlers on the border or a band of Navajo?

                    A                     E    A-D-A

    Are you heading for the Alamo?

 

      D                Dm                                                       Am

    Empty guns covered with rust, where do you talk tonight?

      F                                                                       B7      E

    Empty boots covered with dust, where do you walk tonight?

 

  A                                     D            - A                                 B7      E

3.   Empty saddles in the old corral,     my tears would be dried tonight.

                 A                 A7                   D                B7

    If you'll only say I'm lonely as you carry my old pal,

               A                     E        A - D-A

   empty saddles in the old corral.

 

      D                Dm                                                       Am

    Empty guns covered with rust, where do you talk tonight?

      F                                                                       B7      E

    Empty boots covered with dust, where do you walk tonight?

 

  A                                     D            - A                                 B7      E

3.   Empty saddles in the old corral,     my tears would be dried tonight.

                 A                 A7                   D                B7

    If you'll only say I'm lonely as you carry my old pal,

               A                     E        A

   empty saddles in the old corral.

 

(orig. = capo 1st)       (Roy Rogers & Sons of Pioneers)