The Gift Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 ICn old St. Louis over in MiFssouri C

 TFhe Mighty Mississippi iCt rolls and flows A♯ G

 AC son was borFn to Mary CRussell

 AFnd it starts the legend everCy cowboy knoGws C

Verse 2.

 YCoung kid Russell he was born toF wander C

 EFver westward he was bound to roaCm A♯ G

 JCust a kid oFf sixteeCn in 1880

 UCp in wild MontGana he found his homeC

Chorus

 GCod made Montana forAm the wild man C

 FAmor the Peigon and Am7Sioux and CrDmow

 BCut He saved his greatest gift for Charlie

 SDmaid get her all down befoCre she goes---Charlie

Dm

 YCou gotta get her all down cause she's bound to go