Riders In The Sky – I Ride An Old Paint chords

[Intro]
four bars of 6/8   A chord for 12 counts, E chord for 9 counts, A chord for 3 counts

[Verse 1]
  A                                             E                                        AI ride an old paint   and I lead old Dan   I’ve gone to Montana    for to throw the hoolihan
     A                                                    E                                           AThey feed in the gultch    they water in the draw   Their tails are all matted    their backs are all raw

[Chorus]
       E                                     ARide around  little dogies   Ride around and slow
        E                               AThey’re fiery and snuffy and rarin'  to go

[Solo]
four bars of 6/8   A chord for 12 counts, E chord for 9 counts, A chord for 3 counts,    repeat

[Verse 2]
A                                              E                                        AOld Buck Jones  had a daughter and a son   His son went to Denver but his daughter went wrong
    A                                             E                                        AHis wife got killed in a bloody knife fight   and still he keeps singing from morning ‘til night

[Chorus]
       E                                     ARide around  little dogies   Ride around and slow
        E                               AThey’re fiery and snuffy and rarin'  to go

[Solo section]
four bars of 6/8   A chord for 12 counts, E chord for 9 counts, A chord for 3 counts,    repeat

[Verse 3]
A                                         E                                       AWhen I die take my saddle from the wall   Put it on my pony and lead him from his stall
       A                                                    E                                 ATie my bones to his back, turn his head to the West, let me ride forever on the plains I love best

[Chorus]
       E                                     ARide around  little dogies   Ride around and slow
        E                               AThey’re fiery and snuffy and rarin'  to go
       E                                     ARide around  little dogies   Ride around and slow
        E                               AThey’re fiery and snuffy and rarin'  to go