Canadian Waltz

R W Hampton

Key of C · Chords: I IV V ii iii vi

Intro

C Am C Am

Verse 1

     C          Am             C
It's quite this evening on the old Canadian
   F C        G
As I ride out alone
    Am         Em           F        C
I'm lonely but free just my pony and me
        F        G         C   Am C Am
and the river is singing a song

Verse 2

    C         Am
Got Plenty of rain
    C                C7
the grass is growing tall
    F        C       G
the river is rolling along
    Am         Em      F              C
the cattle are fat the calves looking good
     F             G           C   Am C Am
just laying around waiting for fall

Verse 3

   C      Am         C
As I ride out on the point of a mesa
  F              C      G
I survey all the beauty below
   Am            Em          F              C
an eagle screams down to his friends on the ground
     F       G         C   Am
It's time to be bedin' down

Verse 4

     C          Am             C             C7
That old settin sun paints its colors on the mesas
    F       C            G
and all the river canyon walls
     Am            Em       F
From somewhere far away the coyote calls its mate
     Dm      G          C   Am C Am
It's time to be headin' home

Verse 5

    C               Am            C   C7
The moon is shining bright on the old Canadian
     F            C          G
as I jog down the canyon for home
    Am         Em           F        C
I'm lonely but free just my pony and me
  F         G              Am
A cowboy at peace with the world
F     C         F              C    Am
I'm a cowboy at peace with the world

Outro

C Am C Am C