Ella Fitzgerald – Dont Fence Me In (Guitar)

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***Big thanks to martink12au for his input into creating this Tab.*** Tabbed by Robert Da Prato 9th Mar. 2023 Define: B.p.m. 112 4/4 Time Signature Original Key – C * Single Strum (which rings out) N.C. No Chords
C6/G 302010
Db   X43020 is really Db(add#9,add#11)
G 355433 and 320003 G7 353433 and 320001
Dm6  XX0203
C    x32010 and x35553
C7 353433 ************************************************************ [Intro] C Am C Am C C6/G* C Am C Am C C6/G* [Verse 1]
C   Am  C       F       F7     C/G
Wildcat Kelley, lookin' mighty pale

    C               A         Dm7   G7
Was standin' by the Sheriff's side

    C        Am7                F              C/G 
And when the Sheriff said, "I'm sendin' you to jail"

G7      Dm7                 C*
Wildcat raised his head and cried
[Chorus]
N.C.        C                        Am7           C/G
Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above

C     A7       Dm   G7
Don't fence me in

       Dm                                 Dm6    Dm
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love

G           Dm7  C
Don't fence me   in

C                          C7      C
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze

F                           F7
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees

C           Gm             A       A7
Send me off forever, but I ask you please

Dm    G        C*
Don't fence me in
[Verse 2]
N.C.         F             F7              F
Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle

     F7                C      C7
Underneath the western skies

         F           F7          F
On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder

       F7                C    Db  G7*
Till I see the mountains rise

N.C.      C           Am7             C        C7     
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences

F           F7          F       F7
Gaze at the moon till I lose my senses

C             Am7           A           A7
Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences

Dm7   G        C   Am7*    
Don't fence me in
[Instrumental] C Am C Am C C6/G* C Am C Am C C6/G* [Verse 3]
C   Am  C       F     F7      C/G
Wildcat Kelley, back again in town

    C              A           Dm7   G7
Was sittin' by his sweethearts side

    C        Am7                    F                G7
And when his sweetheart said, "Come on, let's settle down"

G       Dm7                 C*
Wildcat raised his head and cried
[Chorus]
N.C.        C                        Am7           C/G
Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above

C     A7       Dm   G7
Don't fence me in

       Dm                                 Dm6    Dm
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love

G           Dm7  C
Don't fence me   in

C                          C7      C
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze

F                           F7
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees

C           Gm             A       A7
Send me off forever, but I ask you please

Dm    G        C*
Don't fence me in
[Outro]
N.C.         F             F7              F
Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle

     F7                C      C7
Underneath the western skies

         F           F7          F
On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder

       F7                C    Db  G7*
Till I see the mountains rise

N.C.      C           Am7             C        C7     
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences

F           F7          F       F7
Gaze at the moon till I lose my senses

C             Am7           A7          A
Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences

F7        F* F7       C   Am  C   Am       
Don't......... fence me in
C Am C C Am C Am C C6/G*