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Don't Fence Me in

Words and Music by Cole Porter - 1944

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1944, played for 16 weeks.

Verse:
F	Bb            C7	F	Gm7
F                F7	Bb            C7	F              C7	F              C7
Chorus:
F              Fmaj7	F6           Fmaj7	F6	Gm7         C7
Gm7          C7	Gm7         C7	Gm7         C7	F
F              Fmaj7	F7            F7+	Bb	-              Bbm
F               Cm	D7           Bbm	F              C7	F              F7
Bb	-	F	-               F7
Bb	-	F             Cdim	C7
F              Fmaj7	F7            F7+	Bb	-              Bbm
F               Cm	D7           Bbm	F              C7	F      (C7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Wildcat Kelly, lookin' mighty pale, Was standing by the sheriff's side.
And when that sheriff said, "I'm sending you to jail," Wildcat raised his head and cried...

 

Chorus:

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above, Don't fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love, Don't fence me in.
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breezes, Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees,
Send me off forever, but I ask you please, Don't fence me in.
Just turn me loose, Let me straddle my old saddle underneath the Western skies.
On my Cayuse, Let me wander over yonder 'till I see the mountains rise.
I want to ride to the ridge where the West commences, Gaze at the moon 'till I lose my senses,
Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences, Don't fence me in.

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Listen to the Big Ben Banjo Band play "Don't Fence Me In" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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