A# F7
G lonely spot I know where no man will go
A#
Where the shadows have all the room
F7 A#
I was riding free on that old S-P
C7 F7
Humming a southern tune
A# D#
When a man came along made me hush my song
A# F7 A#
Kicked me off away out there
F7
As she pulled out of sight I turned to the right
A#
The left and everywhere
F7 A#
All I could see was a cactus tree
C7 F7
G prairie dog playing there
A# D#
I watched the prairie dog eat on the tumbleweed
A# F7 A#
That's his home away out there
D# A#
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee
F7 E F7 A#
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee
F7
Then I threw down my load in the desert road
A#
Rested my weary legs too
F7 A#
Watched the sinking sun make the tall shadows run
C7 F7
Across that barren plain
A# D#
Then I hummed a tune to the rising moon
A# F7 A#
He gets lonesome way out there
F7
Then I closed my eyes to the starlit skies
A#
Lost myself in dreams
F7 A#
I dreamed the desert sand was a milk-and-honey land
C7 F7
Then I awoke with the dawn
A# D#
There's a train coming back on the one-way track
A# F7 A#
Going to take me away from here
D# A#
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee
F7 E F7 A#
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee