Lyrics

Cole Young

Verse 1
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Cole Young came riding into town one day
C G
On a buttermilk buckskin pulling on a bay
(High-strung)
C
Colt on his side
Scar on his chest
G
Confederate grey too far north west
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To a mouthful of dust and a broken heart
C
The Silver Dollar looked like a brand new
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start

Verse 2
C G
He was headed for the bar
C
Bonnie met him half way
G
A whiskey and a smile
Was all she had to say
C
He gave her every piece
To his old broken heart
G
She put it all together never more to fall apart
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Before he even knew it a year had gone by
C D G
He said I’ll never love another til the day I die

Chorus
C C D
The day Cole Young died
C G
His patchwork heart was broke
C C D
And the noose wound tight
C G
Around the lump in his throat

Verse 3
His Gwendolyn dying and Gettysburg alone
Left a hole in Cole and a heart like a stone
Bonnie came along
Like a breath of Spring
Til she said I love another
Like it wasn’t anything
When Bonnie left Cole to be a banker’s bride
She said I’ll never love another til the day I die

Chorus
and the choir sang
Solo (chorus progression)

Verse 4
Cole Young was leaving out of town one day
On his buttermilk buckskin pulling on the bay
Passed the banker’s house
Heard Bonnie cry
A shadow in the window struck another in the eye
Cole put the spurs to the buckskin’s hide
With a finger on the trigger of his colt .45

Verse 5
Cole kicked down that banker’s door
Saw Bonnie looking at him just a’laying on the floor
Who the hell are you
Is what the banker said
And he got a 45 caliber slug to the head
Bonnie ran to Cole
He shot her dead in the eye
Said, I’ll never love another til the day I die

Chorus
C C D
The day Cole Young died
C G
His patchwork heart was broke
C C D
And the noose wound tight
C G
Around the lump in his throat
C
Bless his heart when the judge said
Whatcha got to say
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For sending two bodies down to their graves
C D
Cole Young looked up and he testified
C D D G
Judge, I’ll never love another til the day I die
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Oh Lord I
D. C. C. G
I’ll never love another til the day I die

Outro
I pray Cole made it through those pearly gates
On that buttermilk buckskin pulling on a bay
Glory, glory, hallelujah