Misc Traditional – Dreary Black Hills (Guitar)
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Like most American folk songs, "Dreary Black Hills" has a multitude of variations to the verse and the chorus.
This tab contains three sample verses and variations of the chorus that I have collected, as well as chords
based on how I play it on banjo. Enjoy!
[Verse 1]
G Kind friends, listen here to my pitiful tale D7 An object of pity, I’m looking quite stale, C G D7 G I gave up my trade selling Wright’s Patent Pills C G D7 G To go hunting gold in the dreary Black Hills
[Chorus 1]
G Don’t go away, stay at home if you can, D7 Stay away from that city, they call it Cheyenne C G D7 G For big Wallipe or Comanche Bill C G D7 G They'll lift up your hair at the dreary Black Hill
[Verse 2]
G I got to Cheyenne, no gold could I find, D7 I thought of the lunch route I'd left far behind; C G D7 G Through rain, hail, and snow, frozen plumb to the gills - C G D7 G They call me the orphan of the dreary Black Hills.
[Chorus 2]
G So don’t go away, stay at home if you can, D7 Stay away from that city, they call it Cheyenne C G D7 G For old Sitting Bull and Chief Comanche Dan C G D7 G They're raising pure hell round the town of Cheyenne
[Verse 3]
G Oh, I wish that the man who had started this cell D7 Was a captive and Crazy Horse had him in Hell C G D7 G There's no use in groaning or swearing like pitch C G D7 G But a man who would stay here's a son of a bitch
[Chorus 3]
G Don’t go away, stay at home if you can, D7 Stay away from that city, they call it Cheyenne C G D7 G For old Sitting Bull and Chief Wallipe Bill C G D7 G They'll lift up your scalp in the dreary Black Hills