C#m F# E


[Verse 1]
B                    G#m          E B
I roomed with him in Rockville in 1925
             E                    F#
He was doing life and I was doing time
     B      G#m              E           B
His memory drifted back when he was most alive
     C#m                                 F#
When Frank and Jesse James were in their prime

B        G#m                  E         B
He was a corporal, fought the Kiowa and Sioux
             E                 F#
From Sulphur Springs to Kansas clay
B                         E                 B
Ran into trouble when his soldier days were through
C#m        F#             B
Ended up a thousand miles away


[Chorus]
      G#m                 E
Don’t waste fond words or sad goodbye
B      F#          E         F#
Lay me down on the wide open plain
G#m             E       C#
Out beneath the quilted sky
            E F#                 B
Where I can see both ends of the train


[Solo]
B, B, B, B, B, F#, B, B, E B, C#m, F#, G#m, E, B, E, F#, G#m, E, C#m, E, F#


[Verse 2]
   B              G#m          E                    B
He said I saw the Buffalo, the herds would last for days
     E                   F#
Back before the railroad came
         B            G#m              E              B
Now it’s all moved on without me but I miss the older ways
      C#m                      F#
And I know it can never be the same

     B             G#m               E               B
They buried him at Rockville and his kind won’t rise again
           E                  F#
I hope his soul can find some rest
       B               G#m               E           B
To the world he’s long forgot, but to me he was a friend
  C#m   F#              B
I still recall his last request


[Chorus]
      G#m                 E
Don’t waste fond words or sad goodbye
B      F#          E         F#
Lay me down on the wide open plain
G#m             E       C#
Out beneath the quilted sky
            E F#                 B
Where I can see both ends of the train