Chords for Fess Parker - The Ballad of Kit Carson
Tempo:
102.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
C
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] [C] [Bb] Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] old Dick Carson, Mountain Man [Eb] and Buckskin Pan, [Bb] he'll keep this country free.
Buffalo [F] Gun and [Bb] Beaver Trap, he didn't even have a [Eb] map.
The Rocky [Bb] Mountains he called home, he only [F] lived just fur [Bb] to roam.
Carson, [Eb]
Carson, [Bb] old [F] Dick [Bb] Carson, Mountain Man [Eb] and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
Now John C.
Fremont took his hand, said, kid I reckon you're my man.
[Eb] Kit [Bb] says, Captain, that could be, you just up and follow me.
Carson, [Eb]
Carson, [Bb] old Dick Carson, Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
They pressed along o'er mountains high, desert [F] scorched and [Bb] burnt out [Eb] dry.
Through Indian [Bb] fights Kit showed the way, they finally reached California A.
Now Kit [F] went back to his mountain [Bb] life, and even [F] took [Bb] himself a [Eb] wife.
But the hunting and [Bb] trapping was most played out, he took his [F] bride and headed [Bb] south.
He settled [F] down at Santa [Bb] Fe, but the mountains [Cm] called him [Bb] night and [Eb] day.
And his country [Bb] called to him again, saying, Kit, them [F] trails is [Bb] getting dim.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] old Dick Carson, Mountain Man and Buckskin Pan, he'll keep this country free.
So he donned them [F] buckskins just [Bb] once more, kissed his wife [F] at the cabin [Bb] door.
[Eb] Though Kit was getting [Bb] gray and old, he still was [F] mighty [Bb] tough and bold.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] old Dick [F] Carson, [Bb] Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin Pan, [Bb] he'll keep this country free.
When back [F] in Santa [Bb] Fe one fall, Kit heard the strangest call of [Eb] all.
It wasn't [Bb] from the mountains high, and folks all knew [F] old Kit [Bb] would die.
Up in [F] heaven's [Bb] mountain free, where Buffalo and Beaver be, [Eb] there's a buckskin figure [Bb] lean and tall, Kit Carson, greatest of them all.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb]
old Dick Carson, Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb]
old [F] Dick Carson, [Bb] Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin Pan, [G] he'll keep this [Bb] country free.
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Buffalo [F] Gun and [Bb] Beaver Trap, he didn't even have a [Eb] map.
The Rocky [Bb] Mountains he called home, he only [F] lived just fur [Bb] to roam.
Carson, [Eb]
Carson, [Bb] old [F] Dick [Bb] Carson, Mountain Man [Eb] and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
Now John C.
Fremont took his hand, said, kid I reckon you're my man.
[Eb] Kit [Bb] says, Captain, that could be, you just up and follow me.
Carson, [Eb]
Carson, [Bb] old Dick Carson, Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
They pressed along o'er mountains high, desert [F] scorched and [Bb] burnt out [Eb] dry.
Through Indian [Bb] fights Kit showed the way, they finally reached California A.
Now Kit [F] went back to his mountain [Bb] life, and even [F] took [Bb] himself a [Eb] wife.
But the hunting and [Bb] trapping was most played out, he took his [F] bride and headed [Bb] south.
He settled [F] down at Santa [Bb] Fe, but the mountains [Cm] called him [Bb] night and [Eb] day.
And his country [Bb] called to him again, saying, Kit, them [F] trails is [Bb] getting dim.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] old Dick Carson, Mountain Man and Buckskin Pan, he'll keep this country free.
So he donned them [F] buckskins just [Bb] once more, kissed his wife [F] at the cabin [Bb] door.
[Eb] Though Kit was getting [Bb] gray and old, he still was [F] mighty [Bb] tough and bold.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] old Dick [F] Carson, [Bb] Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin Pan, [Bb] he'll keep this country free.
When back [F] in Santa [Bb] Fe one fall, Kit heard the strangest call of [Eb] all.
It wasn't [Bb] from the mountains high, and folks all knew [F] old Kit [Bb] would die.
Up in [F] heaven's [Bb] mountain free, where Buffalo and Beaver be, [Eb] there's a buckskin figure [Bb] lean and tall, Kit Carson, greatest of them all.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb]
old Dick Carson, Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb]
old [F] Dick Carson, [Bb] Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin Pan, [G] he'll keep this [Bb] country free.
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[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] _ old Dick Carson, Mountain Man [Eb] and Buckskin Pan, [Bb] he'll keep this country free.
_ _ Buffalo [F] Gun and [Bb] Beaver Trap, he didn't even have a [Eb] map.
The Rocky [Bb] Mountains he called home, he only [F] lived just fur [Bb] to roam.
Carson, [Eb]
Carson, [Bb] old [F] Dick [Bb] Carson, Mountain Man [Eb] and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
_ Now John C.
Fremont took his hand, said, kid I reckon you're my man.
[Eb] Kit [Bb] says, Captain, that could be, you just up and follow me.
Carson, [Eb]
Carson, [Bb] _ old Dick Carson, Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
_ _ They pressed along o'er mountains high, desert [F] scorched and [Bb] burnt out [Eb] dry.
Through Indian [Bb] fights Kit showed the way, they finally reached California A. _ _
_ Now Kit [F] went back to his mountain [Bb] life, and even [F] took [Bb] himself a [Eb] wife.
But the hunting and [Bb] trapping was most played out, he took his [F] bride and headed [Bb] south.
_ _ _ He settled [F] down at Santa [Bb] Fe, but the mountains [Cm] called him [Bb] night and [Eb] day.
And his country [Bb] called to him again, saying, Kit, them [F] trails is [Bb] getting dim.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] old Dick Carson, Mountain Man and Buckskin Pan, he'll keep this country free.
_ So he donned them [F] buckskins just [Bb] once more, kissed his wife [F] at the cabin [Bb] door.
[Eb] Though Kit was getting [Bb] gray and old, he still was [F] mighty [Bb] tough and bold.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] _ old Dick [F] Carson, [Bb] Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin Pan, [Bb] he'll keep this country free.
_ When back [F] in Santa [Bb] Fe one fall, Kit heard the strangest call of [Eb] all.
It wasn't [Bb] from the mountains high, and folks all knew [F] old Kit [Bb] would die. _ _
Up _ _ _ in [F] heaven's [Bb] mountain free, where Buffalo and Beaver be, [Eb] there's a buckskin figure [Bb] lean and tall, Kit Carson, greatest of them all.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] _
old Dick Carson, Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
_ Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb]
old [F] Dick Carson, [Bb] Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin Pan, _ _ _ [G] he'll keep this [Bb] country free.
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_ _ Buffalo [F] Gun and [Bb] Beaver Trap, he didn't even have a [Eb] map.
The Rocky [Bb] Mountains he called home, he only [F] lived just fur [Bb] to roam.
Carson, [Eb]
Carson, [Bb] old [F] Dick [Bb] Carson, Mountain Man [Eb] and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
_ Now John C.
Fremont took his hand, said, kid I reckon you're my man.
[Eb] Kit [Bb] says, Captain, that could be, you just up and follow me.
Carson, [Eb]
Carson, [Bb] _ old Dick Carson, Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
_ _ They pressed along o'er mountains high, desert [F] scorched and [Bb] burnt out [Eb] dry.
Through Indian [Bb] fights Kit showed the way, they finally reached California A. _ _
_ Now Kit [F] went back to his mountain [Bb] life, and even [F] took [Bb] himself a [Eb] wife.
But the hunting and [Bb] trapping was most played out, he took his [F] bride and headed [Bb] south.
_ _ _ He settled [F] down at Santa [Bb] Fe, but the mountains [Cm] called him [Bb] night and [Eb] day.
And his country [Bb] called to him again, saying, Kit, them [F] trails is [Bb] getting dim.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] old Dick Carson, Mountain Man and Buckskin Pan, he'll keep this country free.
_ So he donned them [F] buckskins just [Bb] once more, kissed his wife [F] at the cabin [Bb] door.
[Eb] Though Kit was getting [Bb] gray and old, he still was [F] mighty [Bb] tough and bold.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] _ old Dick [F] Carson, [Bb] Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin Pan, [Bb] he'll keep this country free.
_ When back [F] in Santa [Bb] Fe one fall, Kit heard the strangest call of [Eb] all.
It wasn't [Bb] from the mountains high, and folks all knew [F] old Kit [Bb] would die. _ _
Up _ _ _ in [F] heaven's [Bb] mountain free, where Buffalo and Beaver be, [Eb] there's a buckskin figure [Bb] lean and tall, Kit Carson, greatest of them all.
Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb] _
old Dick Carson, Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin [Bb] Pan, he'll keep this country free.
_ Carson, [Eb] Carson, [Bb]
old [F] Dick Carson, [Bb] Mountain [Eb] Man and Buckskin Pan, _ _ _ [G] he'll keep this [Bb] country free.
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