Cypress Hills And The Big Country Colter Wall

Cypress Hills And The Big Country

Colter Wall

April Smith

288
0:00 2:51
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 2/2
Key: C
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| C -    | -  -   | -  -  | -  - |
| - -    | -  -   | G  -  | -  - |
| - -    | -  -   | Am -  | -  - |
| C G7/B | Am C/G | F  Em | Dm - |
| G -    | -  -   | C  -  | -  - |
| - -    | -  -   |

[Verse 1]
C
 You can see the bear paws,
    G
the old man on his back
G7
  Prickly pears,
                   Am
a blue moon in the short and native grass
          C           G7/B    Am     C/G
There's a bunch of empty beer cans in   an old,
F      Em      Dm
 loose mineral sack
G                                    C
Give you some idea of where you're at

[Verse 2]
C                   G
 Buck brush and sage far as you can see
         G7                                          Am
It's the south slopes of the hills and turns to pines  and
poplar trees
C       G7/B   Am     C/G        F     Em
 Cattle all grazin' up   and down a big  coulee
Dm      G                                              C
  Under Charley Russel skies like a blue and purple sea
Cypress Hills

[Chorus]
Am        G
  and the big country below
              Am             G7
Where life is still and a man  can be alone
            C      G7/B        Am           C/G    F
And you can duck underneath all  your trials   and troubles
   Em      Dm
for  a time
       G                             C
Like a pronghorn underneath a bottom wire

[Guitar Solo]
| C  -    | -  -   | G  -  | -  - |
| G7 -    | -  -   | Am -  | -  - |
| C  G7/B | Am C/G | F  Em | Dm - |
| G  -    | -  -   | C  -  | -  - |

[Mandolin Solo]
C G G7 Am
C G7/B Am C/G F Em Dm
G C
Cypress Hills

[Chorus]
Am        G
  and the big country below
              Am             G7
Where life is still and a man  can be alone
        C      G7/B        Am           C/G    F
You can duck underneath all  your trials   and troubles
   Em      Dm
for  a time
       G                             C
Like a pronghorn underneath a bottom wire

[Outro]
        C         G7/B     Am        C/G
You can sweat and cuss and wonder why
     F       Em
They say our west has died
Dm         G7
  When the folks around the Cypress Hills
Still drag calves to the fire
C G7/B Am C/G F Em Dm
G C

Bars

[Intro]
| C -    | -  -   | -  -  | -  - |
| - -    | -  -   | G  -  | -  - |
| - -    | -  -   | Am -  | -  - |
| C G7/B | Am C/G | F  Em | Dm - |
| G -    | -  -   | C  -  | -  - |
| - -    | -  -   |

[Verse 1]
               | C  -    | -  -   |
| G  -  | -  - | G7 -    | -  -   |
| Am -  | -  - | C  G7/B | Am C/G |
| F  Em | Dm - | G  -    | -  -   |
| C  -  | -  - |

You can see the bear paws,
the old man on his back
Prickly pears,
a blue moon in the short and native grass
There's a bunch of empty beer cans in   an old,
loose mineral sack
Give you some idea of where you're at

[Verse 2]
               | C  -    | -  -   |
| G  -  | -  - | G7 -    | -  -   |
| Am -  | -  - | C  G7/B | Am C/G |
| F  Em | Dm - | G  -    | -  -   |
| -  -  | C  - | -  -    |

Buck brush and sage far as you can see
It's the south slopes of the hills and turns to pines  and
poplar trees
Cattle all grazin' up   and down a big  coulee
Under Charley Russel skies like a blue and purple sea
Cypress Hills

[Chorus]
                         | Am - |
| - -    | G  -   | - -  | Am - |
| - -    | G7 -   | - -  | -  - |
| C G7/B | Am C/G | F Em | Dm - |
| G -    | -  -   | C -  | -  - |

and the big country below
Where life is still and a man  can be alone
And you can duck underneath all  your trials   and troubles
for  a time
Like a pronghorn underneath a bottom wire

[Guitar Solo]
| C  -    | -  -   | G  -  | -  - |
| G7 -    | -  -   | Am -  | -  - |
| C  G7/B | Am C/G | F  Em | Dm - |
| G  -    | -  -   | C  -  | -  - |

[Mandolin Solo]
| C  -    | -  -   | G  -  | -  - |
| G7 -    | -  -   | Am -  | -  - |
| C  G7/B | Am C/G | F  Em | Dm - |
| G  -    | -  -   | C  -  | -  - |

Cypress Hills

[Chorus]
| Am - | - -    | G  -   | - -  |
| Am - | - -    | G7 -   | - -  |
| -  - | C G7/B | Am C/G | F Em |
| Dm - | G -    | -  -   | C -  |
| -  - |

and the big country below
Where life is still and a man  can be alone
You can duck underneath all  your trials   and troubles
for  a time
Like a pronghorn underneath a bottom wire

[Outro]
         | C  G7/B | Am C/G | F Em   |
| Dm -   | G7 -    | -  -   | C G7/B |
| Am C/G | F  Em   | Dm -   | G -    |
| -  -   | C  -    |

You can sweat and cuss and wonder why
They say our west has died
When the folks around the Cypress Hills
Still drag calves to the fire

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