Hank Snow - I Traded My Saddle For A Rifle

      [Intro]
Guitar strums (C)(G)(C)

[Verse]
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I traded my saddle for a rifle, and left to join that troubled shore
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I hung my guitar in the attic, and laid a- -way my forty four
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I told the old folks I must leave them, I bid them all a fond fare- -well
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I left my faithful pony grazing, in clover by the old cor- -ral

[Chorus]
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I traded my saddle for a rifle
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So kiss me darling we must part
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But when we've won this final victory
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I'll trade my rifle for your heart

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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I told my mother not to worry, I said that I'd return some- -day
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I bent and kissed her wrinkled forehead, then turned and sadly walked a- -way
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The stars are growing dim my darling, they say my ship will sail at dawn
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So whisper softly that you love me, just two more hours and I'll be gone

[Chorus]
  F                      C
I traded my saddle for a rifle
                           G
So kiss me darling we must part
    C                         F
But when we've won this final victory
     C        G              C
I'll trade my rifle for your heart

[Chorus]
  F                      C
I traded my saddle for a rifle
                           G
So kiss me darling we must part
    C                         F
But when we've won this final victory
     C        G              C
I'll trade my rifle for your heart