Palo Duro Farewell Chords
by Red Steagall
Palo Duro Farewell by Red Steagall is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7, C7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C F
I sold out and it's time for leavin'
C G7
I cleaned out my desk and it's all packed away
C F
No man is ever too old to start over
C G7 C
But I feel like an old man today
C F
And I said goodbye to my partner
C G7
Goodbye to the cowhands who worked the J 8
C F
Molly you're ready but give me a moment
C G7 C C7
I've just one goodbye left to say
F G7 Am
Goodbye to my Palo Duro
F C G7
Goodbye to your ranges that I love so true
Am
Goodbye to your river your bright painted canyons
C G7 Am
I'll never do better than you
C G7 C
I'll never do better than you
C F
Like the buffalo and the Comanche
C G7
My farewell is neither fair nor complete
C F
If leaving is dying the nature of parting
C G7 C
Is a damn site more sorrow than sweet
C F
In the labor and love of a life time
C G7
What's right and what's wrong are confusing to me
C F
If I take the credit for the things that she is
C G7 C C7
I'll take the blame for the things she might be
F G7 Am
Goodbye to my Palo Duro
F C G7
Goodbye to your ranges that I love so true
Am
Goodbye to your river your bright painted canyons
C G7 Am
I'll never do better than you
C G7 C
I'll never do better than you