Slim Dusty - Saddle boy

Thru the g^Grey frosty dawn every c^Cold winters morn rode this ^Glad full of li^Cfe a^Gnd j^Doy Every d^Gay just the same down the r^Coadway he came he was kn^Down as their own saddle b^Goy In his you^Gth free from strife he was ca^Clled from this life from the s^Gorrows of lif^Ces h^Gigh-w^Day He was ^Gneeded above at the ^Chomestead of love for the la^Dst final roundup some-d^Gay Now the ^Gsad willows wave on a ^Ccold silent grave where th^Ge tall grasses be^Cnd a^Gnd b^Dow And the ^Gjackasses laugh is the ^Conly epitah o'er the ^Dgrave of this brave saddle^G boy. At the scho^Golhouse on the rise teacher always watc^Ched the skies for the s^Gtorm clouds that ro^Cse li^Gke fo^Dam Youve a ^Glong way he said so youd ^Cbetter go ahead saddle ^Dup saddle boy ride for^G home. He had 10^G miles to ride thru the d^Cark countryside as the s^Gtorms all aro^Cund rai^Gsed o^Dn Just one ^Gcreek left to cross struck by dr^Cifwood boy and horse swept a^Dway by the mad raging ^Gfoam And the ^Glightning overhead showed the ^Clast sandy bed where t^Ghe boy and t^Che po^Gny l^Day And old ^Gboundry rider Troy was the the ^Cone who found the boy and who ^Dtook the saddning message home ne^Gxt day And the ol^Gd people say of the lo^Cng nights in May when the^G wind thru t^Che val^Gley rol^Dls Founding ^Ghoofbeats resound thru the ^Ctall timberland its there ^Down saddle boy riding^G home