Wildfire
by Michael Martin Murphey and Larry Cansler
Chords:
E: 022100
Emaj7: xx2444
A: x02220
Amaj7: x02120
Asus4: x02230
B: x24440 Bar Chord
F#m: x44222 Bar Chord
G#m: x66444 Bar Chord
Intro Guitar Riff: X2
(Bar first two strings with 1st finger and pull notes with 4th finger)
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Intro and Verse
E Emaj7 A A Asus4 A
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She comes down_____from Yellow Mountain
E Emaj7 A A Asus4 A
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On a dark, flat land she rides_____
Amaj7 G#m
On a pony she named Wildfire
Amaj7 G#m
Whirlwind by her side________
F#m G#m
On a cold Nebraska night.
Guitar Riff:
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E Emaj7 A A Asus4 A
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Oh, they say she died one winter
E Emaj7 A A Asus4 A
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When there came an early frost
Amaj7 G#m
And the pony she named Wildfire
Amaj7 G#m
Busted down its stall,
F#m G#m
In a blizzard she was lost.
Amaj7 G#m
She ran and called him Wild----fire,
Amaj7 G#m
She ran and called him Wild----fire,
Amaj7 G#m F#m B E
She ran and called him Wi----i----ld----fi----i----re.
E Emaj7 A A Asus4 A
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By the dark of the moon I planted
E Emaj7 A A Asus4 A
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But there came an early snow.
Amaj7 G#m
Been a hoot owl howlin' outside my window now,
Amaj7 G#m
For six nights in a row.
Amaj7 G#m
She's comin' for me, I know
F#m G#m
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go.
Amaj7 G#m F#m B E
We'll be ridin' Wi----i----ld----fi----i----re.
Amaj7 G#m F#m B E
We'll be ridin' Wi----i----ld----fi----i----re.
Amaj7 G#m
On Wildfire we're gonna ride,
Amaj7 G#m
We're gonna leave sodbustin' behind.
Amaj7 G#m
Get these hard times right on out of our minds,
Amaj7 G#m F#m B E
We'll be ridin' Wi----i----ld----fi----i----re.