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D We made camp along Red C River 
Watched the G cattle as they bedded D down 
Back at the wagons, right after C supper 
G Spread our bedrolls on the D ground 
And me and G Willie, we took the D night guard 
And the G sage never smelled so D sweet 
The prairie G moon, was blazin' D silver 
No chance to{C}night for a stam{D}pede 
 
Way over yonder, off in the C distance 
Towards the G mountains there in the D west 
Did I see lightnin', did I hear C thunder 
The mind is G weary, I could use some D rest 
Then all at G once, the wind shifts dir{D}ections 
The clouds roll G in behind the tumble{D}weeds 
Those longhorn G cattle, are gettin' D restless 
God help us C all, if they stam{D}pede 
 
Smell the rain, hear the C thunder 
The midnight G sky, turns black as D death 
The lightnin' crashes, smell the C sulphur 
It's rank and G strong, as Satan's D breath 
The cattle G rise up, and go to D runnin' 
I spur my G pony on and take the D lead 
And across the G herd, I can hear Willie D yellin' 
C Hey Stam{D}pede! 
 
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Dust clouds D rise, as the C rain falls 
They mix to{G}gether, turn the air to D mud 
I feel the longhorns brush C against me 
I can feel the G demons racing through my D blood 
Then all at G once, my pony D stumbles 
We hit the G ground, I rise up to my D knees 
In a flash of G light, I can see the cattle D comin' 
Lord I know I'm gonna C die in this stam{D}pede 
 
Then I awake, and I look a{C}round me 
I'm in my {G}bedroll and I'm layin' on the D ground 
Over there's the wagon, and there's the C campfire 
I was only G dreamin', what's that D sound? 
And I feel the G earth tremble under{D}neath me 
As the midnight G sky begins to D bleed 
And from the G blackness I can hear Willie D yellin' 
C Hey Stam{D}pede 
 
 
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