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                My Rifle, My Pony and Me – Dean Martin
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Solo recording by Dean Martin (not the soundtrack recording with Ricky Nelson)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo: 1st fret
Play: C
Key: C#/Db

For chords in original key transpose +1

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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
C6       x-3-2-2-1-0
C/E      0-x-2-0-1-0
F/G      3-x-3-2-1-1
F6       3-3-3-2-3-1

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[Intro]
| C   F G | Am    C/G F | C/E C7/E F G | | C C6 C    |

    C                     Em
The sun is sinking in the west
     F     Em Am          F/G
The cattle go down to the stream
    C                      Em
The redwing settles in the nest
                          1 + 2  + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2  + 3 + 4 +
     F/G                | C   C6 C C6  C   | C   C6 C C6  C   |
It's time for a cowboy to dream


[Verse 1]
       C            F       [ G ]
Purple light in the canyons
G             C         F    [ G ]
 That's where I long to be
G        C             F
 With my three good companions
C/E     Em Am   Em       Am
Just my ri-fle, pony and me


[Verse 2]
G     C          F    [ G ]
Gonna hang my sombrero
G       C         F
 On the limb of a tree
Em     C6               F
Comin' home, sweetheart darlin'
        Em C7   F    G  | C6 C7 |
Just my ri-fle, pony and me
F/G     Em Am      F    G  | C6 |
Just my ri-fle, my pony and me


[Verse 3] male singers, last line: Dean Martin
        C           F
Whippoorwill in the willow
G       C         F
Sings a sweet melody
G      C     F
Ridin' to Amarillo
C/E     Em Am   Em       Am
Just my ri-fle, pony and me


[Verse 4]
G       C          F    [ G ]
No more cows to be ropin'
G        C             F
 No more strays will I see
Em        C6             F
Round the bend she'll be waitin'
       Em C7   F    G  | C6 C7 |
For my ri-fle, pony and me
F/G    Em Am         F        G  [ C ]
For my ri-fle ... my pony ... and me