Colter Wall – Bald Butte chords

[Chorus]
  C                                    C7Bald Butte, Bald Butte so lofty and so high
   FCarry me to Bald Butte
                                 CWhere the plains wrap round the sky
         G                               CYou can dig a hole on Bald Butte when I die

[Verse 1]
  CHenry was born on Bald Butte
                      C7A paint horse he did ride
  FWell he roped him in Alberta
                          CBroke him on the Montana line
  G                                            CTore him a trail through the northwest countryside

[Verse 2]
  CHenry took to stealing
                   C7Robbing on the CP Rail
 FHe got the devil on his shoulders
                         CAnd the law man on his tail
             GYou better ride, Henry ride
                                     CYou ain't got no friends to go your bail

[Verse 3]
  CWell he rode across the Grey Back camp
                C7Up in Cypress Hills
  FThey said they left the US nation
                          COn the day that Richmond fell
  G                                    CThey whistled Dixie and set him up a still

[Verse 4]
  CHenry woke the next morn
                         C7Like a corpse from the grave
  FHalf blind and twice as haggard
                             CHe took a cast iron to the brain
       G                                           CThey stole his horse and the rifle that shared his name

[Verse 5]
  CAnd he tracked them former Johnny Rebs
                              C7Through the prairie and the trees
 FUp old Castle Mountain
                    CCross the river Wapiti
 G                                     CLow and behold, what do you think he sees

I see my paint
           F                    CI see my rifle that shares my name
            GI see them men that done me wrong
                                  CLord, I'm gonna do them just the same

[Verse 6]
  CHenry grabbed his rifle
               C7Up off of the ground
               FHe kissed the ever-loving barrel
                           CAnd he shot them old boys down
      G                                CThey hit the dirt, he revelled in the soumd

[Verse 7]
  CNow he's back up in the saddle
               C7Back up on the top
         FWhen he felt that southern slug
                               CChew a hole right through his gut
    GHe thought he killed them all
            CBut he had not

[Verse 9]
  CThat paint took off a running
                          C7Through the water and the mud
    FNo earthly force in this whole world
                        CCould stop that 'Berta stud
  G                              CHenry sat there laughing up his blood

 CAnd he was singing

[Chorus]
C                                        C7Bald Butte, Bald Butte so lofty and so high
  FCarry me to Bald Butte
                                     CWhere the plains wrap round the the sky
         G                               CYou can dig a hole on Bald Butte when I die