Cypress Hills and the Big Country — Colter Wall
Chords and lyrics for Cypress Hills and the Big Country by Colter Wall (key of C).
Verse 1
Colter is usually alternating the bass with the thumb.
So the picking pattern would be: Pick root, down, pick 5th, up, down, up
Intro
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[C] [C] [G] [G]
[G] [G] [Am] [Am]
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am/G] [F] [Em] [Dm]
[G] [G] [C] [C] [C] [C]
Verse 1
[C]You can see the bear paws
The [G]old man on his back
[G7]Prickly pears, a blue moon
In the [Am]short and native grass
There's a [C]bunch [Cadd2/B]of empty [Am]beer cans
[Am/G]In an [F]old, loose [Em]mineral [Dm]sack
[G]Give you some idea of where you're [C]at
Verse 2
[C]Buck brush and sage as [G]far as you can see
It's the [G7]south slopes of the hills
Turns to [Am]pine and poplar trees
[C][Cadd2/B]Cattle all [Am]a-grazing [Am/G]up and [F]down a [Em]big [Dm]coulee
Under [G]Charlie Russell skies
Like a blue and purple [C]sea
Chorus
Cypress [Am]Hills
And the [G]big country below
Where life is [Am]still
And a [G]man can be [G7]alone
You can [C]duck [Cadd2/B]underneath
[Am]All your [Am/G]trials and [F]troubles [Em]for a [Dm]time
Like a [G]pronghorn underneath a bottom [C]wire
Solo
[C] [C] [G] [G]
[G7] [G7] [Am] [Am]
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am/G] [F] [Em] [Dm]
[G] [G] [C] [C]
[C] [C] [G] [G]
[G7] [G7] [Am] [Am]
[C] [Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am/G] [F] [Em] [Dm]
[G] [G] [C] [C]
Chorus
Cypress [Am]Hills
And the [G]big country below
Where life is [Am]still
And a [G]man can be [G7]alone
You can [C]duck [Cadd2/B]underneath
[Am]All your [Am/G]trials and [F]troubles [Em]for a [Dm]time
Like a [G]pronghorn underneath a bottom [C]wire
Post-Chorus
You can [C]sweat and [Cadd2/B]cuss and [Am]wonder [Am/G]why
They [F]say our [Em]west has [Dm]died
When the [G]folks around the Cypress Hills
Still drag calves to the [C]fire
Outro
[Cadd2/B] [Am] [Am/G] [F] [Em] [Dm]
[G] [G] [C]
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