Ten Thousand Cattle (hi-lo)

by American Cowboy Song

Type:: Diatonic
Key:: E
Posted by:: WaltP

TEN THOUSAND CATTLE hi-lo
American cowboy song
Key: E
Time: 3/4

 3   -3”  3    5   4   -3” 3   5
 6   -6   6    8   7   -6  6   8
Ten thou-sand cat-tle gone a-stray

 6   -5  -4   -4   5    4  -3” 3
 9   -9  -8   -8   8    7  -6  6
Left my range and trav-eled a-way

 3   3   -3” 3    5   4
 6   6   -6  6    8   7
And the sons-of-bitch-es

 3   -3” 3   5
 6   -6  6   8
I’m here to say

 5    -4  5   6     5
 8    -8  8   9     8
Have left me dead broke,

 -5   -4   5   4
 -9   -8   8   7
Dead broke to-day

6  -6   -5     4   -6  6   5
9  -10  -9     7  -10  9   8
In gam-bling hells de-lay-ing

-4   -4   -4  -4  -4   -4    6
-8   -8   -8  -8  -8   -8    9
Ten thou-sand cat-tle stray-ing

  5    4
  8    7
Stray-ing