Song: Don’t Fence Me In
Artist: Roy Rogers (1946)
Written: Cole Porter with additions by Roy Rogers
Album: Double Barrel Country: Roy Rogers & Sons of the Pioneers
http://www.allmusic.com/song/dont-fence-me-in-mt0008294563
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=WLoYFvbR0XY
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1
Chords:
EADGBe
D XX0232
G 320003
A7 X02020
A X02220
D7 XX0212
B7 X21202
Gm 355333
VERSE 1: (Slow Arpegiatted chords & matching vocals)
D G D
Wild Cat Kelly, looking mighty pale,
A7
Was standing by the sheriff’s side.
D G D
And when that sheriff said I am sending you to jail,
A D
Wild Cat raised his head and cried.
CHORUS 1: (Sung and played with gusto)
D
Oh give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,
A7
Don’t fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,
D
Don’t fence me in.
D7
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze,
G
Listen to the murmur of the cotton wood trees.
D B7 Gm
Send me off forever, but I ask you please,
D A7 D
Don’t fence me in.
VERSE 2:
G
Just turn me loose let me straddle my old saddle, (Ooooh)
D
Underneath the western skies. (Oooo-Ooooh)
G
On my Cayuse let me wander over yonder, (Oooo-Ooooh)
D
Till I see the mountains rise. (Aaaah-aaah)
D7
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences,
G
And gaze at the moon till I loose my senses.
D B7 Gm
I can’t look at hovels and I can’t stand fences,
D A7 D
Don’t fence me in.
:: INSTRUMENTAL :: (Trigger’s dance over)
|G D|G D|
|D D7|G D|
|B7 Gm|D A7 D|
VERSE 3:
G
Just turn me loose let me straddle my old saddle,
D
Underneath the western skies. (Obah-eeeh)
G
On my Cayuse let me wander over yonder,
D
Till I see the mountains rise. (Oooh-eeeh)
D7
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences,
G
And gaze at the moon till I loose my senses.
D B7 Gm
I can’t look at hovels and I can’t stand fences,
D A7 D
Don’t fence me in.
VERSE 4 & CODA:
G
I’m the rovin’ kind,
D
So if you don’t mind.
G
All that I can say is,
N/C
“C’mon Trigger…”
D A7 D
Let’s be on our way.”
[End]
NOTES:
1. “…Cayuse, is an archaic term used in the American West, usually referring to a feral or low-quality
horse or pony. …”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayuse_horse
2. “…In 1945, the song was sung again as the title tune of another Roy Rogers film, Don't Fence Me In
(1945), in which Dale Evans plays a magazine reporter who comes to Roy Rogers' and Gabby Whittaker's
(George "Gabby" Hayes) ranch to research her story about a legendary late gunslinger. When it's revealed
that Whittaker is actually the supposedly dead outlaw, Rogers must clear his name. Rogers and The Sons of
the Pioneers perform songs, including the Cole Porter title tune. The next year (1946), a biopic about
Cole Porter titled Night and Day used a clip from ‘Hollywood Canteen’ of Rogers singing "Don't Fence Me
In.”…” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Fence_Me_In_(song)#Roy_Rogers_and_.22Don.27t_Fence_Me_In.22