Biography:
Country Music Hall of Famer Johnny “The Singing Cowboy” Bond (1st of June 1915 - 12th June 1978) and his band the Red River Valley Boys are prime examples from the days when jazz informed “hillbilly” music (or maybe it was the hillbilly informing the jazz).
Born Cyrus Whitfield Bond in Enville, Oklahoma, he learned ukelele and guitar headed to Oklahoma City as a teen to play dances and radio shows as a member of the Singing Cowboy Trio and later the Bell Boys.
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[Intro]
C F G F
C G F C
Stars of the midnight ranges
F C
Shining through the night
C G F C
Stars of the midnight ranges
F C
Light my way tonight
[Chorus]
F G C
While my herd is grazin'
F E7
Guide them til the dawn
A7 D7
Watch them while I'm sleepin'
G C
Till the stars are gone
[Harmonica Solo]
C G F A7
F G6 (x2)
[Outro]
F Em C
Candles up in heaven
F E7
Lend your light so strange
A7 D7
Guide my weary dogies
G G F C
Stars of the midnight range
C F G F
C G F C
Stars of the midnight ranges
F C
Shining through the night
C G F C
Stars of the midnight ranges
F C
Light my way tonight
[Chorus]
F G C
While my herd is grazin'
F E7
Guide them til the dawn
A7 D7
Watch them while I'm sleepin'
G C
Till the stars are gone
[Harmonica Solo]
C G F A7
F G6 (x2)
[Outro]
F Em C
Candles up in heaven
F E7
Lend your light so strange
A7 D7
Guide my weary dogies
G G F C
Stars of the midnight range
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