RECITATIV:
Am7Now somewhere in the Black Mountain hills of
D7Dakota
there lived a young boy named Rocky Rac
G7coon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
CHit young Rocky in the eye
C/BRocky didn't like that,
Am7he said I'm gonna get that boy
D7So one d
G7ay he walked into town
and booked himself a r
Coom in a local s
C/B
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aloon
Am7Rocky Raccoon,
checked i
D7nto his room,
o
G7nly to find Gideon's Bi
Cble.
C/BAm7Rocky had come,
e
D7quipped with a gun,
to s
G7hoot off the legs of his ri
Cval
C/BHis ri
Am7val it seems,
had b
D7roken his dreams,
by s
G7tealing the girl of his fan
Ccy
C/BHer n
Am7ame was McGill,
And she c
D7alled herself Lil,
but e
G7veryone knew her as N
Cancy
C/BNow she and her man,
who called himself Dan,
were in the next room at the hoedown
Rocky burst in
and grinning a grin,
he said "Danny boy, this is a showdown.
"But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot,
and Rocky collapsed in the corner.
INSTRUMENTAL
Am7, D7, G7, C, C/B Now the doctor came in,
stinking of gin,
and proceeded to lie on the table.
He said, "Rocky, you met your match,"
but Rocky said, "Doc, it's only a scratch
and I'll be better, I'll be better, Doc, as soon as I am able."
Now Rocky Raccoon,
he fell back in his room
only to find Gideons Bible
Gideon checked out
and he left it no doubt
to help with good Rocky's revival.