I like playing it in Capo 1 and dropping the cord by 1,
that way it's an easy C-F-G progression and the C and F
in the riff become open notes.


[Intro]

            
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[Verse 1]

            
I hear the sad

            
 howling of co

yotes prowling
            
It sounds so m

             
ournful to me
        
  It brings ba

              
ck memories of

 
 cherished lov

ed ones
          
Of ones I'm lo

         
nging to see

[Chorus]
            
I'm riding awa

             
y out on the l


one prairie
            
The rangers ar

            
e searching fo

     
r me
        
 I'm riding aw

            
ay from my hom

e in Texas
          
A fugitive eve

     
r to be

[Interlude]

            
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[Verse 2]

            
I had a good m

         
other I had a 

good father
            
They handed a 

             
warning to me
        
 The men that 

             
I ran with com


mitted a murde

r
           
And laid the b

       
lame on me

[Chorus]
            
I'm riding awa

             
y out on the l


one prairie
            
The rangers ar

            
e searching fo

     
r me
        
 I'm riding aw

            
ay from my hom

e in Texas
          
A fugitive eve

     
r to be

[Interlude]

            
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[Verse 3]

            
Little Maggie 

              
my sweetheart 

  
I know she's l

onely
            
And longs for 

          
me to return
        
  My happiness

            
 ended the nig

ht we parted
          
And now for he

    
r I yearn

[Chorus]
            
I'm riding awa

             
y out on the l


one prairie
            
The rangers ar

            
e searching fo

     
r me
        
 I'm riding aw

            
ay from my hom

e in Texas
          
A fugitive eve

     
r to be

[Interlude]

            
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[Verse 4]

            
How lonely how

              
 dreary with n

 
othing to chee

r me
            
My thoughts go

              
 stealing back

   
 home
        
  My life of s

            
adness will ne

ver know gladn

ess
            
I'm branded fo

       
rever to roam

[Chorus]
            
I'm riding awa

             
y out on the l


one prairie
            
The rangers ar

            
e searching fo

     
r me
        
 I'm riding aw

            
ay from my hom

e in Texas
          
A fugitive eve

     
r to be

[Outro]
            
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