Intro:
D We made camp along Red C River
Watched the G cattle as they bedded D down
Back at the wagons, right after C supper
G Spread our bedrolls on the D ground
And me and G Willie, we took the D night guard
And the G sage never smelled so D sweet
The prairie G moon, was blazin' D silver
No chance to{C}night for a stam{D}pede
Way over yonder, off in the C distance
Towards the G mountains there in the D west
Did I see lightnin', did I hear C thunder
The mind is G weary, I could use some D rest
Then all at G once, the wind shifts dir{D}ections
The clouds roll G in behind the tumble{D}weeds
Those longhorn G cattle, are gettin' D restless
God help us C all, if they stam{D}pede
Smell the rain, hear the C thunder
The midnight G sky, turns black as D death
The lightnin' crashes, smell the C sulphur
It's rank and G strong, as Satan's D breath
The cattle G rise up, and go to D runnin'
I spur my G pony on and take the D lead
And across the G herd, I can hear Willie D yellin'
C Hey Stam{D}pede!
break: D C G D repeat
Dust clouds D rise, as the C rain falls
They mix to{G}gether, turn the air to D mud
I feel the longhorns brush C against me
I can feel the G demons racing through my D blood
Then all at G once, my pony D stumbles
We hit the G ground, I rise up to my D knees
In a flash of G light, I can see the cattle D comin'
Lord I know I'm gonna C die in this stam{D}pede
Then I awake, and I look a{C}round me
I'm in my {G}bedroll and I'm layin' on the D ground
Over there's the wagon, and there's the C campfire
I was only G dreamin', what's that D sound?
And I feel the G earth tremble under{D}neath me
As the midnight G sky begins to D bleed
And from the G blackness I can hear Willie D yellin'
C Hey Stam{D}pede
D C G D repeat