Roll On Owyhee Chords

KeyD Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays685

Roll On Owyhee by Ian Tyson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, A, G, E7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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         D 
From the top of Mahogany Ridge you can see forever 
       D                    A 
And forever is a long, long way 
    D                 G                         D                  G 
The desert rules, the first rule, you've got to know your way back home 
D                                  A 
And you'll be back to ride another day 

          D 
And when the night falls the silence all around you  
        D                                    A 
And the beating of your heart is the only sound 
      D               G        D                   G 
Down in some lonley canyon, beside the sagebrush fire 
  D                                  A 
Dreaming of the lights of paradise town 


D        E7                Em 
Roll on Owyhee, wild horse heaven 
                 G       A 
I hope it always will be 
D       E7 
Roll on Owyhee 
     G         A         D 
Far across the sagebrush sea 

          D 
So we'll raise our glasses high to the big Owyhee 
       D                                                    A  
we'll have another round for the fellas who still hear the call 
     D                                G 
you got to play the card that's dealt you 
    D                              A 
coming off the Mountain Taparedo tall 


D        E7                Em 
Roll on Owyhee, wild horse heaven 
                 G       A 
I hope it always will be 
D       E7 
Roll on Owyhee 
     G         A         D 
Far across the sagebrush sea 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante