The Deadwood Stage

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Oh the Deadwood stage is rolling on over the plains
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With the curtains flapping and the driver slapping the reins
                E
Beautiful sky a wonderful day
B                                           E
Whip crack away whip crack away whip crack away

[Verse 2]
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Oh the Deadwood stage is heading on over the hills
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Where the Injun arrows are thicker than porcupine quills
                  E
Dangerous land no time to delay
   B                                           E
So whip crack away whip crack away whip crack away

[Bridge A1]
              A                 E           B            E
We're heading straight for town loaded down with a fancy cargo
A                 E         B      E
Care of Wells and Fargo Illinois - boy

[Verse 3]
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Oh the Deadwood stage is coming on over the crest
                                                B
Like a homing pigeon that's hankering after its nest
                         E
Twenty three miles we've covered today
   B                                           E
So whip crack away whip crack away whip crack away

[Bridge A2]
              A             E              B                   E
The wheels go turning round homeward bound can't you hear them humming
A               E             B      E
Happy times are coming for to stay - hey

[Verse 4]
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We'll be home tonight by the light of the silvery moon
                                                       B
And our hearts are thumping like a mandolin plunking a tune
                    E
When I get home I'm fixing to stay
   B                                           E
So whip crack away whip crack away whip crack away
B                                           B  E
Whip crack away whip crack away whip crack away

[Instrumental- Key of A]

[Verse 5]
     C
Introducin' Henry Miller
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Just as busy as a fizzy sarsparilla
       C                C7
He's a showman and he's smarter
   C#               C#7
Operates the Golden Garter
          C                              D7
Where the cream of Deadwood City come to dine
        Dm   N.C.                               C
And I'm glad to say he's a very good friend of mine

[Bridge B]
F   C         G                    C
Hi, Joe. Say, where d'you get them fancy clothes?
F   C            D7                G
I know! Off some fellow's laundry line
F   C     G              C
Hi, Beau. Aren't you the Prairie Rose?
D7                         G
Smelling like a watermelon vine

[Verse 6]
         C
Here's a man the Sheriff watches
         C                              G        G7
On his gun there's more 'n twenty-seven notches
       C                   C7
On the draw there's no one faster
           C#              C#7
And you're flirting with disaster
          C                         D7
When Bill Hickok's reputation you malign
        Dm   N.C.                                       D7  G  C
And I'm glad to say he's a very good friend of a friend    of  mine