Intro: 
 
D                       C
 We made camp along Red River
            G                     D 
Watched the cattle as they bedded down
                                C 
Back at the wagons, right after supper
G                          D 
Spread our bedrolls on the ground
           G                   D 
And me and Willie, we took the night guard
        G                     D 
And the sage never smelled so sweet
            G                 D 
The prairie moon, was blazin' silver
            C               D 
No chance tonight for a stampede 
                            C
Way over yonder, off in the distance
            G                      D 
Towards the mountains there in the west
                                C 
Did I see lightnin', did I hear thunder
            G                       D 
The mind is weary, I could use some rest
            G                        D 
Then all at once, the wind shifts directions
                G                   D 
The clouds roll in behind the tumbleweeds
               G                   D 
Those longhorn cattle, are gettin' restless
 
God help us C all, if they stam{D}pede 
                         C 
Smell the rain, hear the thunder
             G                   D 
The midnight sky, turns black as death
                                 C 
The lightnin' crashes, smell the sulphur
              G                  D 
It's rank and strong, as Satan's breath
           G                  D 
The cattle rise up, and go to runnin'
          G                    D 
I spur my pony on and take the lead 
               G                       D
And across the herd, I can hear Willie yellin'
C       D 
Hey Stampede! 
 
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            D            C 
Dust clouds rise, as the rain falls
           G                       D 
They mix together, turn the air to mud
                           C 
I feel the longhorns brush against me
               G                        D 
I can feel the demons racing through my blood
            G             D 
Then all at once, my pony stumbles
           G                       D
We hit the ground, I rise up to my knees 
              G                           D
In a flash of light, I can see the cattle comin'
                      C               D 
Lord I know I'm gonna die in this stampede 
                          C
Then I awake, and I look around me
          G                             D 
I'm in my bedroll and I'm layin' on the ground
                                        C 
Over there's the wagon, and there's the campfire
           G                     D 
I was only dreamin', what's that sound?
               G                  D 
And I feel the earth tremble underneath me
                G             D 
As the midnight sky begins to bleed
             G                           D 
And from the blackness I can hear Willie yellin'
C       D 
Hey Stampede 
D  C  G  D 
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