C                       F
My home?s in Montana, I wear a bandana,
   C                               G
My spurs are silver, my horse is a bay.
    C                       F
And I?ve been a-roamin? all over Wyomin?,
        C                         G              C
There?s plenty of work, but there ain?t too much pay.

F                    C
Me and a few boys we signed on at Dubois,
   C                                      G
To feed through the winter and camp out a while.
       C                             F
Come a hard hittin? norther from the Montana border,
   C                       G          C
We tallied the frozen ones mile after mile.

C                                           F
Well they give you your three squares and a bunk to sleep there,
    C                               G
And just enough wages to keep you a round.
         C                        F
But with no place to spend it and nowhere to send it,
        C                       G           C
You can stay out of debt if you stay out of town.

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     F                       C
It?s horses and cattle and a double rig saddle,
       C                                            G
With a stout line, a catch twine, and a good ropin? arm.
     C                               F
Wher ever there?s ranches, I?ve been takin? my chances,

C                         F
We struck out for Laramie early one Saturday,
C                                       G
Spring was a breakin? the grass turnin? green.
      C                     F
Well, I took a hand in some fast movin? brandin?,
          C                        G         C
When they offered top wages at the Bar Seven teen.

   F                C
We followed a rodeo clear up to Codeo,
C                             G
Tryin? to ride me a bronco or two.
        C                      F
Well, I busted some hosses for two or three bosses,
    C                       G      C
And lost all the wages that ever I drew.

C                                     F
Well it?s hell and high water for the Idaho border,
      C                                   G
Where I?ve got a gal if that letter don?t lie.
       C                    F
If she gives me a reason to stay through the season,
     C                         F              C
I?ll take her to Elko when the snow starts to fly.