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All Alone


[Verse]
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When the hoot owl toots his "tooloo",
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To the wail of the nipwick hen,
D                           Bm
And the "chingfung" chirps in the chilly night,
E7                   A7
It's mighty lonesome then,
D                        D7
And it's mighty lonesome when the wind
G              D
Howls thru the Jack pine boughs,
D
Man, you don't know what lonesome is
Bm
Till you git to herding cows.

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All alone

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Oh, the ordinary fella,
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Gits off on a Saturday night,
D                       Bm
And he gits a chance to see his pals,
E7                       A
Which ain't no more than right
D                          D7
But when the saddle is your life,
G                  D
There's no time to carouse,
D
Man, you don't know what lonesome is
Bm
Till you git to herding cows.

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By myself

D                     D7
Now the keeper of the lighthouse
G                    D
And the sailorman at sea,
D                       Bm
And the lookout on the mountain top
E7                   D7
Ain't got a thing on me,
G                    D
'Cause I got all the lonesomeness

The common law allows,
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Man, you don't know what lonesome is
Bm
Till you git to herding cows.

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Cowboy blue

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Now you may often wonder
G                      D
Why a cowpoke sings so sad
D
He's thinking of the many things
Bm
In life he's never had
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No pal, no gal for company,
G                       D
Just the cattle as they browse
D
Man, you don't know what lonesome is
Bm
Till you git to herding cows.

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By myself
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All alone
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By myself
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Cowboy blue