G# D#7
F lonely spot I know where no man will go
G#
Where the shadows have all the room
D#7 G#
I was riding free on that old S-P
A#7 D#7
Humming a southern tune
G# C#
When a man came along made me hush my song
G# D#7 G#
Kicked me off away out there
D#7
As she pulled out of sight I turned to the right
G#
The left and everywhere
D#7 G#
All I could see was a cactus tree
A#7 D#7
F prairie dog playing there
G# C#
I watched the prairie dog eat on the tumbleweed
G# D#7 G#
That's his home away out there
C# G#
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee
D#7 D D#7 G#
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee
D#7
Then I threw down my load in the desert road
G#
Rested my weary legs too
D#7 G#
Watched the sinking sun make the tall shadows run
A#7 D#7
Across that barren plain
G# C#
Then I hummed a tune to the rising moon
G# D#7 G#
He gets lonesome way out there
D#7
Then I closed my eyes to the starlit skies
G#
Lost myself in dreams
D#7 G#
I dreamed the desert sand was a milk-and-honey land
A#7 D#7
Then I awoke with the dawn
G# C#
There's a train coming back on the one-way track
G# D#7 G#
Going to take me away from here
C# G#
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho oo lay dee ee dee
D#7 D D#7 G#
Ee oo ee dle dee dee ho ho lay dee ee dee