Edwards Don - The Christmas Trail guitar tab

Written by; Charles "Badger" Clark

Don Edwards put this one to music.

The Christmas Trail; 4/4

(C) The wind is blowin cold down the moun (F) tain tips of (C) snow

And lyin 'cross the ranges brown and (G) dead

It's (C) cryin through the valley trees that (F) wear the mistle (C) toe

And mournin with the gray (G) clouds over (C) head

Yet it's (F) sweet with the (G) beat of my (C) little horses (Am) feet

And I (F) whistle like the (G) air is warm and (C) blue

For I'm (F) ridin up the christ (G) mas trail to (C) you old (Am) folks

I'm (F) ridin up the christ (G) mas trail to (C) you

Oh maybe it was good when the whinny of the spring

Had wheeled me to hopin of the bars

And livin in the shadow of a sailin buzzards wing

And sleepin underneath a roof of stars

But the bright campfire light only dances for a night

While the home fire burns forever clear and true

So round the year I circle back to you old folks

Round the rovin year I circle back to you

Oh maybe it was good at the roundup in the fall

When the clouds of bawlin dust before us ran

And the pride of rope and saddle was the drivin of us all

To a stretch of nerve and muscle man to man

But the pride sorta died when the man got weary eyed

Was a sleepy boy who rode the night guard through

And he dreamed himself along a trail to you old folks

Dreamed himself along a happy trail to you

The coyotes winter howl cuts the dusk behind the hill

And the ranch's shinnin window I can see

And though I don't deserve it and I reckon never will

There'll be room beside the fire kept for me

Skimp my plate cause I'm late, let me hit the old home gate

Cause I'm growin kinda tired of the new

So I'm ridin up the christmas trail to you old folks

I'm ridin up the christmas trail to you