Don't Fence Me In

by Roy Rogers

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Intro [D] Wild Cat Kelly, [G] lookin' mighty [D] pale Was standin' by the sheriff's [A7] side And [D] when that sheriff said "I'm [G] sendin' you to [D] jail" Wild Cat [A] raised his head and [D] cried Verse 1 [D] Oh give me land, lots land under starry skies above Don't fence me [A7] in Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me [D] in Chorus 1 Let me be by myself in the evenin' [D7] breeze [G] Listen to the murmur of the cotton wood trees [D] Send me off forever but I [B7] ask you [Gm] please [D] Don't [A7] fence me [D] in Verse 2 Just turn me [G] loose let me straddle my old saddle Underneath the western [D] skies On my Ca- [G] yuse let me wander over yonder Till I see the mountains [D] rise Chorus 2 I want to ride to the ridge where the west [D7] commences And [G] gaze at the moon till I loose my senses I [D] can't look at hovels and I [B7] can't stand [Gm] fences [D] Don't [A7] fence me [D] in

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