C           F                   C 
Wildcat Kelly looking mighty pale,  
                         G7 
Was standing by the sheriff's side 
       C             F                C 
And when the sheriff said "I'm sending you to 
 
jail, " 
G7                    C 
Wildcat raised his head and cried: 
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Chorus: 
C  G7         C          Am 
Oh give me land, lots of land 
    C             Am  
Under starry skies above. 
C     F           G 
Don't Fence Me In. 
             G              G7 
Let me ride through the wide open 
G             G7 
Country that I love. 
G       G7      C 
Don't Fence Me In. 
             C                    C7 
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze, 
F                                Dm7  
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees. 
C              C7  
Send me off forever,  
F     C7       F             
but I ask you, please, 
C       G7      C                  
Don't Fence Me In. 
C7                  F                                      
Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old 
 
saddle 
                  C 
Underneath the western skies. 
C7       F           
On my cayuse let me wander over yonder 
                        C 
Till I see the mountains rise. 
G  G7        C                                
I want to ride to the ridge  
                C7 
where the west commences, 
F                             Dm7        
Gaze at the moon until I lose my senses. 
C                     C7                    
Can't look at hobbles  
 F       C7   F                        
and I can't stand fen   ces. 
C       G7              C                    
Don't Fence Me In.