Cypress Hills and the Big Country Chords by Colter Wall

[Start]

[Intro]
C G Dm Am C G
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F G C
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[Verse]
                          G                      
You can see the bear paws the old man on his back
G7                         Am                           
■  Prickly pears blue moon in the short and native grass
C                  Am                    F         G           
There's a bunch of empty beer cans in an old loose mineral sack
Dm   G                      C        
Give you some idea of where you're at
                    G                   
Buck brush and sage ■ far as you can see
                                             Am                       
It's the south slopes of the hills and turns to pines and poplar trees
C G                          F          Em    
■ Cattle all agrazing up and down a big coulee
Dm    G                                    C         
Under Charley Russel skies like a blue and purple sea
              Am                     G    
Cypress hills ■  and the big country below
                    Am G7                    
Where life is still ■  and a man can be alone


[Chorus]
C                G                   F                   G         
And you can duck underneath all your trials and troubles for a time
Dm     G                      C          
Like a pronghorn underneath a bottom wire
G G7 Am C G F G G7
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[Solo]
C G G7 Am G F
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Em G C
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[Chorus]
Am            G                        
Cypress hills and the big country below
      Am                G            G7   
Where life is still and a man can be alone
             C          Am                  Em             Dm  
You can duck underneath all your trials and troubles for a time
       G                             C   
Like a pronghorn underneath a bottom wire
        G7                 Am     G  
You can sweat and cuss and wonder why
F            Em7      Dm7  Dm
They say our west has died ■ 
               G                  G7   
When the folks around the cypress hills
                         G7  
Still drag calves to the fire


[Outro]
G Am Em Dm G C
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