G She was paintin' a picture of slum life C D G When the cowboy came limpin' by C D G Wearin' tattered old boots with one sole gone G D And a far away look in his eye G Well, he watched for a while as she painted C D G And then he said, "Mama you surely paint well C D G Yes, you got all this on your canvas G D The dirt the squalor and the hell" G Well, she asked to paint him in the setting C D G Ah, but he shook his head slowly and low C D G He said "naw, I won't fit your picture C D G Un- less you can paint me back home" [Chorus] G G7 Can you paint me back home in Wyoming C D G Riding free 'neath the big sky a- bove C D G Free as the wind on the prairie Am D Out in the hills that I love G G7 I long to get back to Wyoming C D G And I've hoped all these years that I can C D G Please paint me back home on your canvas C D G Paint me back in Wy- oming a- gain (Talking) G G7 Well, I never claimed this festered city C D G You know I was raised on a ranch out in the west C D G I spent my young years bustin' horses G D And boy they said I could ride with the best G G7 So I came here to Madison Square Garden C D G To ride in the big rodeo C D G Ah? but I got stepped on and all crippled up G D And chute, bronc bustin' is all I know G G7 Ah, boy if I could just get back to Wyoming C D G I wouldn't feel so alone C D G Ah, but the pain is too much for the roamin' C D G So please can you paint me back home [Chorus] G G7 Can you paint me back home in Wyoming C D G Riding free 'neath the big sky a- bove C D G Free as the wind on the prairie Am D Out in the hills that I love G G7 I long to get back to Wyoming C D G And I've hoped all these years that I can C D G Please paint me back home on your canvas C D G Paint me back in Wy- oming a- gain [Tag] C D G Paint me back in Wy- oming a- gain