Away Out There

C G7 A lonely spot I know where no man will go C Where the shadows have all the room G7 C I was riding free on that old S-P D7 G7 Humming a southern tune C F When a man came along made me hush my song C G7 C Kicked me off away out there G7 As she pulled out of sight I turned to the right C The left and everywhere G7 C All I could see was a cactus tree D7 G7 A prairie dog playing there C F I watched the prairie dog eat on the tumbleweed C G7 C That's his home away out there F C Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee G7 F# G7 C Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee G7 Then I threw down my load in the desert road C Rested my weary legs too G7 C Watched the sinking sun make the tall shadows run D7 G7 Across that barren plain C F Then I hummed a tune to the rising moon C G7 C He gets lonesome way out there G7 Then I closed my eyes to the starlit skies C Lost myself in dreams G7 C I dreamed the desert sand was a milk-and-honey land D7 G7 Then I awoke with the dawn C F There's a train coming back on the one-way track C G7 C Going to take me away from here F C Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee G7 F# G7 C Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee