Biography:
Steagall was born Russell Steagall in Gainesville, Texas, on December 22, 1937. He became a bull rider at rodeos while he was still a teenager, but at the age of 15, he was stricken with polio. He took up the guitar and the mandolin as physical therapy to recover the strength and dexterity of his arms and hands. Steagall entered a career in agricultural chemistry after graduating from West Texas State University with a degree in animal science and agronomy.
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Theres nothing left but ashes
Em
The fire is gone for good
A7
I'm trapped here in this cabin
G D
To cold to go for wood
So I thought I'd write a letter
Em
Let you know that i'm okay
A7
Though my leg still hurts a little
G D
From a bad spill yester day
G A7
D7 Dear momma I'm a cowboy
D G
and I know that breaks your heart
A7
all the things they wrote about me
G A7
must have torn your world apart
D
but momma please forgive me
Em
though I drove you near insane
A7
I never killed nobody
G A7 D
I never robbed that train.
D
We found him in the springtime
Em
At the table where he died
A7
Tears had stained the letter
G D
When he bowed his head and cried
We all just bawled like babies
Em
As we read it one by one
A7
And thought about our own mommas
G D
All the things we'd left undone
[This last verse is spoken]
D
Then we rolled him in his blanket
EM
And as the boy's all gathered round
A7
I read his letter one more time
G D
Then we lowered him into the ground
D7 G
G A7
D7 Dear momma I'm a cowboy
D G
and I know that breaks your heart
A7
all the things they wrote about me
G A7
must have torn your world apart
D
but momma please forgive me
Em
though I drove you near insane
A7
I never killed nobody
G A7 D
I never robbed that train.
Theres nothing left but ashes
Em
The fire is gone for good
A7
I'm trapped here in this cabin
G D
To cold to go for wood
So I thought I'd write a letter
Em
Let you know that i'm okay
A7
Though my leg still hurts a little
G D
From a bad spill yester day
G A7
D7 Dear momma I'm a cowboy
D G
and I know that breaks your heart
A7
all the things they wrote about me
G A7
must have torn your world apart
D
but momma please forgive me
Em
though I drove you near insane
A7
I never killed nobody
G A7 D
I never robbed that train.
D
We found him in the springtime
Em
At the table where he died
A7
Tears had stained the letter
G D
When he bowed his head and cried
We all just bawled like babies
Em
As we read it one by one
A7
And thought about our own mommas
G D
All the things we'd left undone
[This last verse is spoken]
D
Then we rolled him in his blanket
EM
And as the boy's all gathered round
A7
I read his letter one more time
G D
Then we lowered him into the ground
D7 G
G A7
D7 Dear momma I'm a cowboy
D G
and I know that breaks your heart
A7
all the things they wrote about me
G A7
must have torn your world apart
D
but momma please forgive me
Em
though I drove you near insane
A7
I never killed nobody
G A7 D
I never robbed that train.
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