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 
 
 
 
 
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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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      Oh, they say she died one winter 
 
 
 
 
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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. 
 
 
 
 
 
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       By the dark of the moon I planted 
 
 
 
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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.