Don't Fence Me In
Cole Porter and Robert Fletcher , 1934
Chords in this song:
C
Cmaj7
C6
C7
F
Fm
G7
Gm
A7
C
Intro: C until count in
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Verse 1
C
Cmaj7
Oh, give me land, lots of land
C6
Cmaj7
Under starry skies a-bove
C
G7
Don't fence me in
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Verse 1
G7
Let me ride through the wide
G7
Open spaces that I love
G7
C
Don't fence me in
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Verse 1
C
C7
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
F
Fm
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
C
Gm
A7
Fm
Send me off for-ever but I ask you please
C
G7
C
.
[stop]
Don't fence me in
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Bridge
F
[no chords]
.
Just turn me loose
F
Let me straddle my old saddle
F
C
Underneath the western skies
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Bridge
C
On
C7
F
my Ca-yoose
F
Let me wander over yonder
F
C
G7
.
[stop]
Where the purple mountains ri – i - ise
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Verse 1
C
C7
[no chords]
I want to
ride to the ridge when the west commences
F
Fm
Gaze at the moon 'til I lose my senses
C
Gm
A7
Fm
Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
C
G7
C
Don't fence me in
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Verse 1
C
Cmaj7
[Hum melody, strum softly]
C6
Cmaj7
[Hum melody, strum softly]
C
G7
[full volume]
Don't fence me in
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Verse 1
G7
[Hum melody, strum softly]
G7
[Hum melody, strum softly]
C
G7
[full volume]
Don't fence me in
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Verse 1
C
C7
[Ooo-ooo melody, strum softly]
F
Fm
[Ooo-ooo melody, strum softly]
C
Gm
A7
Fm
[Ooo-ooo melody, strum softly]
C
G7
C
[full volume]
.
[stop]
Don't fence me in
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Bridge
F
[no chords]
.
Just turn me loose
F
Let me straddle my old saddle
F
C
Underneath the western skies
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Bridge
C
On
C7
F
my Ca-yoose
F
Let me wander over yonder
F
C
G7
.
[stop]
Where the purple mountains ri – i - ise
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Verse 1
C
C7
[no chords]
I want to
ride to the ridge when the west commences
F
Fm
Gaze at the moon 'til I lose my senses
C
Gm
A7
Fm
Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
C
G7
C
Don't fence me in
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013
Ending
C
G7
C
Don't fence me in
C
G7
C
G7
C
Don't fence me in
[End]
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Austin Ukulele Society
Arrangement: Bob Guz, 2013