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Version 1[Intro] | A7 | A7 | A7 | D | [Verse 1] D A7 Way out on the windswept desert, where nature favors no man D The buffalo found his brother at rest on the sunbaked sand A7 He said my brother: What ails you, has sickness got you this way? A7 But his brother never said, for his brother was dead D Been dead since way last May [Interlude] | D | D | (yodel) | D | D | D | A7 | | A7 | A7 | A7 | D | | D | D | D | A7 | | A7 | A7 | A7 | D | [Verse 2] A7 Here’s to Chief Big Buffalo Nickel, a mighty man in his day D Never once used a sickle, to clear the bushes away A7 He would go 'round from tent to tent, eat everything in sight A7 He loved a squaw every one he saw D He loved a new one every night [Interlude] | D | D | (yodel) | D | D | D | A7 | | A7 | A7 | A7 | D | | D | D | D | A | | A7 | A7 | A7 | D | [Verse 3] A7 Last night on the windswept desert, I heard a big Indian moan D I left my tent, I knew what it meant and I swore I’d never more roam A7 It was dawn when I reached safety, my legs were certainly sore A7 I must of lost fifty pounds on that hot desert ground D/A And I’d lose that many more [Outro] | D | A | D | D | (yodel)