Chords for Jeff Davis - I Ride an Old Paint. (Video by UKRay)

_ _ _ I said, what is that?
Well, that was from a man named Sloan Matthews, who was an _ _ old cowboy.
And he sang that song. _ _
_ And when he sang it, it was recorded by Alan Lomax.
But I think when he sang it, Alan Lomax, my guess is he was singing in a small room.
So he sang it rather quietly.
But he talked about it being something that he used to sing on the range to keep the cattle quiet at night.
And of course, since there were thousands and thousands of head of cattle, and since we all had to hear him,
my guess is that he was saying it in real life a little bit more.
So it's just a wild guess. _ _
_ [G] I was once doing a program for the [A] Smithsonian in Austin, Texas.
And [G] I rashly said something about the town where Sloan Matthews was from
having the least likely place name in Alpine, Texas. _
And [D] a man came up and [Bb] _ it turned out that [G] he was a _ [Eb] government lawyer.
And he said, crushed exactly.
His first question was, he said, well, have you ever [Ab] been to Alpine, Texas?
And I said, well, no. _
He said, [F] well, if you had, you would realize that there are lots of mountains there.
_ _ [Gb] So, Alpine, Texas.
[N] And he was from Alpine, Texas.
He had actually just retired.
And so he heard that song, so he started investigating and went home.
And months and months later, I got a postcard from him.
And he said that he had done some investigating and he had actually found Sloan Matthews' two daughters.
And one of them had just _ _ _ _ _ _ come to meet her.
And she had lots of his stories about his daughter. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So the question I have for you is, did I get on the first plane?
Did I go to Alpine, Texas to meet her?
I did not.
_ [Ebm] And she died the next month. _ _
_ And that was [N] just the song.
Well, I'm going to do another cowboy song. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ And that's going to be tuned [G] by Jeffrey. _
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heard this song, but I always thought this was a darker song in a way. _ _
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I'm riding old pieces of old dirt.
[D] I'm going _ to _ Montana [G] to lead the woman.
[D] My foot's in the stirrup, [Gm] my [D] bridle in [G] my hand.
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Farewell little Annie, I'm going to [G] _ Montana.
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feed them in the coolies, the water in the jaw.
[D] The tails are all _ matted [G] and their backs are all grown.
[D] Hitch up your horses and feed [G] them on hay.
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Sit yourself down by me for as long [G] as you _ stay. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Old Bill Jones had two daughters and a son. _ _
[D] One went to Denver [Ab] and the [D] other [G] went to Rome.
[A] It's why [G] she [C] died [G] in a bar room fight.
[A] And now [G] he's [C] still singing from [G] morning till night. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ And _ I've got to take my saddle from the wall.
[D] Hitch up my pony [Dm] and lead them [G] from the hall.
[D] Time to turn back, _ [Dm] turn the face [G] to the west.
[D] We'll ride to prayer, [Gm] that [A] we [C] love the [G] past.
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