The Orinoco Kid

[Intro]
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[Verse]
       Gm                          
When I got to Kansas City there 
  F
were people in the road.
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They knew the town was dirty but 
      F
they didn't think it
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Showed.  I Wombled down the main
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 street; there was silence
     F          Gm                
all around.  No-body tried to stop
         F              Gm    Gm
 me as I cleaned up the town.


[Chorus]
      Bb          F/A        
I was bold, I was brave, I was 
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fearless,
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I was famous for the things that I 
F
did,
      Bb           D7        Eb  
I was quick on the draw as I 
          Cm
tidied up the floor
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so they called me the Orinoco

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   Kid.
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[Verse 2]
          Gm                       
Well they sent someone to meet me, 
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name of Big John Womble Wayne,
   Gm                              
He threw his cigar on the ground as
    F                     Eb
 he stepped down from the train.
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I stood up on my tip toes and I 
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looked him in the chin.
  Gm                               
I said "Please pick that litter up 
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and put it in the bin."


[Chorus]
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I was bold, I was brave, I was 
  Gm
fearless,
      Eb                C7         
I was famous for the things that I 
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did,
      Bb           D7        Eb  
I was quick on the draw as I 
          Cm
tidied up the floor
        Bb             F7
so they called me the Orinoco

   Bb              F             
   Kid.
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[Instrumental]
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        The

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[Verse 3]
Gm                              F
mountains rose around me for as far 
as I could see,
   Gm                         
My tidy bag was full and I was 
 F               Eb
really Wombling free.
      Gm               F           
I was riding down to Denver on the 
Gm           F
Colorado Sand,
      Gm                           
And I knew I was the Wildest Wooly 
F             Gm    Gm
Womble in the land.


[Chorus]
      Bb          F/A        
I was bold, I was brave, I was 
  Gm
fearless,
      Eb                C7         
I was famous for the things that I 
F
did,
      Bb           D7        Eb  
I was quick on the draw as I 
          Cm
tidied up the floor
        Bb             F7     Gm 
so they called me the Orinoco 
   Eb
Kid,   Yes, they
Bb     Eb Bb  F7      Eb   Eb  
called me the Orinoco Kid.
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