Aaron Watson
July in Cheyenne (Song For Lane’s Momma)
From “Real Good Time”
Tabbed by thatChadMiller (Twitter)
He plays this capo 4, but I think it works better for one guitar playing on capo
2. To play capo four, The D is a C and so on… To play it with no capo, the D is an
E and so on…
*Use a clamp capo on 2 and leave the E string open. ADGBE will be capo 2 with the
top E left open, so you’re playing in D position (resembling playing in drop D tuning).*
(One other note: Play the high E string open for that hammer-on for the Bm)
Intro tab (relative to capo)
e|------------2----|
B|------------3----|
G|------------2----|
D|------0-----0----|
A|--0-2---2---0----|
E|----------0------|
Intro
D Bm
In the rain and the mud in July in Cheyenne
A G
They had to carry away that brave young man
D Bm
A little part of every heart of every rodeo fan
A G
Died there in the rain and the mud in July in Cheyenne
Verse 1
D Bm
Lookin' back it doesn't seem so long ago
A G
He was bigger than life, God rest his soul
D Bm
Why he died that day is hard to understand
A G
Right there in the rain and the mud in July in Cheyenne
Chorus
A G
So tip your hat to the cowboy every once in a while
D Bm
And take time to remember that cowboy's smile
A G
A little part of every heart of every rodeo fan
D Bm A
Died there in the rain and the mud in July in Cheyenne
Instrumental (over verse chords)
Verse 2
Gold buckles on a shelf collecting dust
Still his memory shines inside of all of us
Some miss their hero, some miss their friend
His mom and daddy long to see their little boy again
Chorus
Outro
In the rain and the mud in July in Cheyenne
They had to carry away that brave young man
If you're washed in the blood someday you'll see him again
And it won't be in the rain and the mud in July in Cheyenne
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