Tablature little joe the wrangler - Marty Robbins

          



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  From: Gene L. Graham <ah827@rgfn.epcc.edu>

  Date: Saturday, March 28, 1998 12:34 AM

  Subject: LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER

  

  

  LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER

  Recorded by Marty Robbins

  

  CAPO: 3RD FRET/KEY: F/PLAY: D

  [D] Little Joe, The Wrangler, will [G] wrangle nevermore

  His [D] days with the roundup, they are [A7] o'er

  Was a [D] year ago last April, when he [G] rode into our camp

  Just a [D] little Texas [A7] stray and nothin' [D] more.

  

  Was late in the ev'nin', when he [G] rode into our camp

  On a [D] little Texas pony, he called [A7] Chaw

  With his [D] brogan shoes and overalls, a [G] tougher lookin' kid

  You [D] never in your [A7] life before, had [D] saw.

  

  His [G] saddle was a Texas 'kack' built [D] many years ago

  An O.K. spur on one foot, lightly [A7] swung

  With his [D] pack rolled in a cotton sack, so [G] loosely tied behind

  And a [D] canteen from his [A7] saddle horn, was [D] slung.

  

  He said he had to leave his home, his [G] pa had married twice

  His [D] new ma whipped him every day or [A7] two

  So he [D] saddled up old Chaw one night and [G] "lit a shuck" this way

  He [D] said he'd try to [A7] paddle his own can-[A7] oe.

  

  He'd [G] said if we would give him work, he'd [D] do the best he could

  Tho' he didn't know straight up, about a [A7] cow

  So the [D] Boss, he cut him out a mount and [G] kindly put him on

  He [D] sorta liked this [A7] little kid, some-[D] how.

  

  He learned to wrangle horses and [G] learned to know them all

  And [D] get them in at daybreak, if he [A7] could

  And to [D] trail the old chuck wagon and [G] always hitch the team

  And [D] help the "cookie" [A7] ev'nin's - rustle [D] wood.

  

  We had [G] hardly reached the Pecos, the [D] weather it was fine

  We were camped down on the south side, in a [A7] draw

  When a [D] 'Norther' commenced blowin' and we [G] doubled up our guard

  It took [D] ev'ryone of [A7] us, to hold them [D] in.

  

  Little Joe, The Wrangler, was [G] called out with the rest

  Scarcely [D] had the little fellow reached the [A7] herd

  When the [D] cattle, they stampeded, like a [G] hail storm on, they fled

  And [D] ev'ryone was [A7] ridin' for the [D] lead.

  

  A-[G] mid the streaks of lightnin', there was [D] one horse up ahead

  He was tryin' to catch the leader in their [A7] speed

  It was [D] Little Joe, The Wrangler, with a [G] slicker o'er his head

  He was [D] ridin' old Blue [A7] Rocket in the [D] lead.

  

  At last, we got them millin' and [G] kinda quieted down

  And the [D] extra guards, back to the wagon, [A7] went

  But [D] there was one a-missin', you could [G] see it, at a glance

  Was our [D] little Texas [A7] stray, poor wrangler [D] Joe.

  

  Next [G] mornin', just at daybreak, we [D] found where Rocket fell

  Down in a washout, twenty feet be-[A7] low

  Be-[D] neath his horse, his life was gone, his [G] spur had rung its knell

  Was our [D] little Texas [A7] stray, poor wrangler [D] Joe.

  

  SOURCE: Marty Robbins-More Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs/Columbia

  CS-8272 


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 Little joe the wrangler, de Marty robbins 

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