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[Intro] G [Verse]

^GWell, Rayburn Crane he rode these mountains Like the ^Cstreams, he rode 'em ^Gthrough Through the Farewell Gap and the ^EmFranklin Lakes And up ^A7north to Chagupa Pla^Dteau

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With the ^Ggovernment men and the hunters and the dudes And the ^Cleaders of the business ^Gworld ^GYea, Rayburn Crane was a packhorse man And a ^Dmighty good hand with a ^Gmule

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Rayburn ^B7Crane, Rayburn ^GCrane ^C The ^Dmountains and the valleys and the trees Remember your ^Gname

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^GHe rode forty-five years through the mountains and the valleys Just a-^Cpulling them strings of ^Gmules And the ropes and the chaps and the ^Emhalters and the saddles Well, ^A7these were the Rayburn's ^Dtools

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Sitting ^Gdown at night by the firelight talking And a-^Cpulling at the whiskers on his ^Gchin You didn't need no music when ^GRayburn went to talking 'Bout the ^Dmountains and the packhorse ^Gmen

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Rayburn ^B7Crane, Rayburn ^GCrane ^C The ^Dmountains and the valleys and the trees Remember your ^Gname

[Instrumental] B7 G C D G [Verse] Well, the business men they bought these mountains

For a ^Cbig time ski re^Gsort An ol' Rayburn he's gone ^Emdown to die In a ^A7Three Rivers' trailer ^Dcourt

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And a ^Gcanvas, flapjack cook-tent moans With the ^Cbushes and the trees in the ^Gwind 'Cause there ain't no place in a ^Gski resort For a ^Dmule skinning, packhorse ^Gman

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Rayburn ^B7Crane, Rayburn ^GCrane ^C The ^Dmountains and the valleys and the trees Remember your ^Gname

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Rayburn ^B7Crane, Rayburn ^GCrane ^C The ^Dmountains and the valleys and the trees Remember your ^Gname

[Outro] B7 G C D G

Tom Russell - Rayburn crane