Michael Murphey - Works all done this fall

A ^CGroup Of Jolly Cowboys Dis-^Fcussing Plans At ^D7Ease Says ^G7One I Will Tell You Somethin' Boys If You Will Listen ^CPlease I'm An Old Cow Puncher You ^FSee Me Dressed In Rags I ^G7Used To Be A Good One Boys And I Went On Great Big ^CJags I Have Got A Home Boys A ^FGood One You All ^D7Know Al-^G7though I Haven't Seen It Since Very Long A-^Cgo I'm Headed Back To Dixie Once ^FMore To See Them All ^G7Going To See My Mother When The Work's All Done This ^CFall When I Left My Home Boys My ^FMother For Me ^D7Cried She ^G7Begged Me Not To Go Boys For Me She Would Have ^CDied Mother's Heart Is Aching - Break-^Fing For Me That's All ^G7With God's Help I'll See Her When The Work's All Done This ^CFall

That ^C#Very Night The Cowboy Went ^F#Out To Stand His ^Eb7Guard The ^Ab7Night Was Dark And Cloudy And Storming Very ^C#Hard The Cattle They Got Frightened And ^F#Rushed In Wild Stampede The ^Ab7Cowboy Tried To Head Them While Riding At Full ^C#Speed Riding In The Darkness So ^F#Loudly Did He ^Eb7Shout ^Ab7Trying Hard To Head Them And Turn The Herd A-^C#bout His Saddle Horse Did Stumble And ^F#On Him It Did Fall ^Ab7He'll Not See His Mother When The Work's All Done This ^C#Fall

^DSend My Mother My Wages Boys - The ^GWages I Have ^E7Earned ^A7I Am So Afraid Boys The Last Year I'll Re-^Dturn Headed For A New Range I ^GHear The Master's Call ^A7I'll Not See My Mother When The Work's All Done This ^DFall

Fred You Take My Saddle - ^GGeorge You Take My ^E7Bed ^A7Bill You Take My Pistol After I Am ^DDead Please Think Of Me Kindly When You ^GLook Upon Them All ^A7I'll Not See My Mother When The Work's All Done This ^DFall

Charlie Was Buried At Sunrise No ^GTombstone For His ^E7Head ^A7Nothing But A Little Board And This Is What It ^DSaid Charlie Died At Daybreak He ^GDied From A Fall ^A7He'll Not See His Mother When The Work's All Done This ^DFall