Buffalo Ballet

Tuning: Standard E The verses and choruses all have the same chord progressions, so I'm only including chords above the first one of each. Intro: D A G Em D A G D When Abilene was young and gay D A G D And thunder storms filled up the day G D G D The cattle roamed outside the town A Em Sleeping in the midday sun D Sleeping in the midday sun A Em Sleeping in the midday sun D Sleeping in the midday sun D A G D Then tracks were lain across the plain D A G D By broken, old men in torrid rain G D G D The towns grew up and the people were still A Em Sleeping in the midday sun D Sleeping in the midday sun A Em Sleeping in the midday sun D Sleeping in the midday sun F G Bb D We all joined in and we'll all hold hands F G Bb A Yes, we'll all join in to help run the land G Dmaj7 Then soldiers once, long, long ago G Dmaj7 Rode through the town, rode down those A Em Sleeping in the midday sun D Sleeping in the midday sun A Em Sleeping in the midday sun D Sleeping in the midday sun D A G D Gold came and went, quickly spent D A G D And the people broke down and often drowned G D G D From wealth and the pain of old Abilene They were A Em Sleeping in the midday sun D Sleeping in the midday sun A Em Sleeping in the midday sun D Sleeping in the midday sun [Repeat chorus until song fades out]