I Outgrew The Wagon (Live At Longview version) Chords

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I Outgrew The Wagon (Live At Longview version) by Ian Tyson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, Bm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: D A D A D A   

Verse:1   
D                                                  G                          D   
I was broke down in Wickenburg spring of seventy seven   
D                                                              A    
Things were looked lean for buffalo and me   
A    D                                             G                          D   
And I called up Darrel Munson over Battle Mountain way   
D                                                                   A                      D   
He says the TS wagon she's pullin' out son fifteenth day of May   

Verse:2   
D                                                                         G                   D     
Now I was no stranger to the wagon back when I was twenty one   
D                                            A   
The IL, the YP, the old Circle A   
A     D                                          G                             D   
So I hocked my shoein outfit, we filled the old Chevy tank   
D                                                A                              D   
You know gas was fifty cents a gallon, back in them days   

  
D    G                                      D             
And I outgrew the wagon and boy let me tell you why   
D                                         Bm            Em                    A   
Ol' teepee she gets like an oven, your bed ain't never dry   
A        D                                        G      
It was nearly mid-November  the work was finally through   
    D                                         A                             D   
At fifteen below zero, you outgrow that old wagon too   

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