..... C - F - C - F (2x)
C F
1. She comes down from Yellow Mountain
C F
on a
dark, flat land she rides,
Am
Em
on a
pony she named Wildfire
Am
Em
with
the whirlwind by her side
Dm
Em
on a cold Nebraska
night.
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- F
C F
2. Oh, they say she died one winter,
C F
when
there came a killing frost.
Am Em
And the pony she named
Wildfire
Am Em
busted
down its stall,
Dm Em
in a
blizzard she was lost.
F Em F Em
She ran calling “Wildfire !” She went calling “Wildfire
!”
F - Em Dm - G - C
She went calling “Wi........ldfi.................re !”
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C F
3. By the dark of the moon I planted,
C F
but
there came an early snow.
Am Em
Been a hoot owl howlin' by my window now,
Am Em
for
six nights in a row.
Dm Em
She's comin'
for me, I know,
Dm Em
and
on Wildfire we're both gonna go.
F Em F Em
We’ll be riding “Wildfire !” We’ll be riding “Wildfire
!”
F - Em Dm - G
We’ll be riding “Wi.........ldfi..........re !”
F Em
+ On Wildfire we're gonna ride,
F Em
we’re
gonna leave sodbustin'
behind.
F Em
Get these hard times right on
out of our minds,
F - Em
Dm - G - C
riding
“Wi.........ldfi................re
!”
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(orig. = capo 4th) (Michael
Murphy)