Words and Music by:Larry B. Bastian and Ed BerghoffVerse:C F CHe told a good story and all us kids listenedF C G'Bout his life on the border and the way it was thenC F C =And we all believed, and when he would finishF C G C =We'd ask the old cowboy to tell em againG/B Am C G/BYou could almost hear those prairie winds blowin' =Am C Gsus GHis saddle a crekin 'neath his old faded jeansC F C =You could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin'F C G C =As he sat there and he painted those west Texas scenes=0DChorus:=0DDm C/E F =And the grown ups would tell us =(And the grown ups that told us) =C =You boys keep your distanceD7 Gthat old man's just tellin you liesCBut to all us kids(Well now they're all sayin')F CCowboy Bill was a hero =G CJust as true as his blue texas skies.=0DAdditional Verses:=0DHe told of a time when he rode with the RangersDown on the Pecos and he saved the dayOutnumbered by plenty, they were almost to cover,WIth thirty banditos headed their way.He looked back just in time to see a horse stumble,The captain wnet down and bill pulled up on his reins.And through a flurry of bullets he rescued the captain,They rode for a sunset, just the story remains.=0DWell, I still remember the day that it happenedWe waited and waited, but Bill never showed.And the folks at the feedstore said they hadn't seen himSo we set out for his place down Old Grist Mill Road.And we Cried when we found him lying there with his MemoriesThe old trunk wide open things scattered about.And he was clutching a badge that said texas Ranger,And an old yeller letter said "Texas is Proud"=0D(To second Chorus)--PART.BOUNDARY.0.16174.mail04.mail.aol.com.815789230--
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