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Date: 1/6/98; 9:43:25 PM
 From: cowboy@laughlin.net (Ken Bennett)
 Subject: "Seventeen" by "Chris LeDoux"
 Seventeen
 Chris LeDoux
 Transcribed by Ken Bennett
 Though I've been listening to Chris for nearly 20 years, this is rapidly
 becoming one of my favorites.
 
 INTRO
 e-----------------------------------------------------------
 B-----------------------------------------------------------
 G-----------0--2-2-2--4--2--2--2-2--0--0-0-0----------------
 D--0--2--4-----------------------------------4--2--0--2--4--
 A-----------------------------------------------------------
 E-----------------------------------------------------------
 
 e-------------------------------0-2-3---5--5-5--7--5-5--5---
 B----------2-2-3-2-0-----0-2-3------------------------------
 G--2--2-2-------------2-------------------------------------
 D-----------------------------------------------------------
 A-----------------------------------------------------------
 E-----------------------------------------------------------
 
 e-5---3--3-3--2--0--0--2--3---5--5-5--9-9-10-9-7-7-5-3-2-0--
 B------------------3--------------------------------------3-
 G-----------------------------------------------------------
 D-----------------------------------------------------------
 A-----------------------------------------------------------
 E-----------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 Spoken (with intro tab in background):
 
 When he was 5 years old his mom took him down to the round corral, to
 watch his dad work the young horse they called Smokey
 
 Man, did that horse buck
 
 But his old dad just sat up there and rode him like there was nothinā to
 it, Right then, the boy gained a whole new respect for the man
 
 And from that day on, he knew that when he grew up he wanted to be a
 cowboy
 
 Verse 1
 D          A               G                D
 Seventeen, cowboysā dreams aināt on fixinā fences
                    A               G       A
 Once heās seen Īem ride in old Cheyenne
 D                     A
 Ranch routine and his old manās schemes
 
 G                    D
 This aināt where his heart is
                  A          G        A
 But you know his daddy understands
 
 Verse 2
 D              A              G                      D
 Noonday comes, father and son sit down and eat their dinner
              A           G     A
 Beneath that big Wyoming sky
     D                      A
 His daddy knows heās gotta let him go
     G              D
 The boy canāt be a winner
             A                    G      A
 If he donāt spread his wings and fly
 
 
 Chorus
 Bm         A                G                 D
 And in his mind heās riding bulls down in Las Vegas
 Bm            A               G
 Soon heāll be on a train that leads to Santa Fe
 D              A       G               D
 Sweet voice of freedom echoes down the ages
               A             G
 Calls another cowboy on his way
 
 Repeat Intro tab
 
 Verse 3
 D                     A           G                    D
 Fencinās done and the morning sun finds him packed and ready
                  A                         G        A
 Momma kissed his cheek and then she went inside
 D                    A
 His old man, well he shook his hand, said,
  G                 D
 ćSon, you ride Īem prettyä
                A                    G       A
 Didnāt see the tears that his momma cried
 
 
 Chorus
 Bm         A                G                 D
 And in his mind heās riding bulls down in Las Vegas
 Bm         A               G
 Today heās on a train that leads to Santa Fe
 D              A       G               D
 Sweet voice of freedom echoes down the ages
               A             G
 Calls another cowboy on his way
 
 Repeat Intro tab and end