Biography:
Austin Texas in the 1970s saw the rise of a number of artists and Michael Murphey (as he was known then) is one of them. Carolina In The Pines and What's Forever For were chart hits for Michael, but over the years he's proven another song was the most prophetic - he really did just want to be a Cosmic Cowboy and in the later years he's filled the niche of Cowboy singer. Still his voice is a strong instrument and he's a likable performer.
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Other songs:
- Maybe This Time
- Carolina In The Pines
- Children Of The Wild World
- Cowboy Logic
- Cowboy Pride
- Disenchanted
- Geronimos Cadillac
- Honolulu
- Land Of Enchantment
- Let The Cowboy Dance
- Lost River
- Rhymes Of The Renegades
- Running Shadow
- Still Taking Chances
- Talking To The Wrong Man
- The Ballad Of Belle Starr
- What Am I Doing Here
- Whats Forever For
- Wildfire
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A great song by a great artist, Michael Martin Murphy's ballad tells the true story of
the "pettycoat outlaw" Belle Starr.
As you can tell, the whole song is paired in verses of 2, and the pattern of the first
two verses repeats throughout the rest of the song.
To hear how the lyrics are sung you can purchase MMM's album, Cowboy Songs 3.
C F C G
As she rode into Dallas on a dashing black stallion
C F C G
The silver trimmed bridle caught the rays of the sun
C F C G
She had a plume in the band of her spotless white Stetson
C F G C
A long velvet gown and two matching six guns.
Am F G C
Sometimes she wore fringe on her bright beaded buckskins
F C Am G
Raised hell with her pistols and smoked a cigar
C F C G
She had a rattlesnake necklace and she loved desperados
C F G C
This pettycoat wildcat, the outlaw Belle Starr.
Born Myrabelle Sherley in Southwest Missouri
She spoke Greek and Latin and Hebrew quite well
She's fierce as a wildcat, deadly aim with a pistol
She played the piano like a sweet Southern belle.
Her brother rode under the black flag in Kansas
He was killed with one thrill in the great Civil War
She was only sixteen when she bought twin revolvers
And began her career as the outlaw Belle Starr.
And she loved many men who were wild, rough and fearless
She danced with Cole Younger and she fancied Frank James
She married Jim Reed, a dashing young outlaw
Many a lawman soon cursed her name.
She robbed, smuggled whiskey and she sold it to Indians
Rode a big horse named Venus, as black as cold tar
She rode out a-ridin' with Sam Starr the badman
And soon became known as the outlaw Belle Starr
There are several more verses to this song but I cannot find them online. I will edit
this tab when I can find out what they are.
the "pettycoat outlaw" Belle Starr.
As you can tell, the whole song is paired in verses of 2, and the pattern of the first
two verses repeats throughout the rest of the song.
To hear how the lyrics are sung you can purchase MMM's album, Cowboy Songs 3.
C F C G
As she rode into Dallas on a dashing black stallion
C F C G
The silver trimmed bridle caught the rays of the sun
C F C G
She had a plume in the band of her spotless white Stetson
C F G C
A long velvet gown and two matching six guns.
Am F G C
Sometimes she wore fringe on her bright beaded buckskins
F C Am G
Raised hell with her pistols and smoked a cigar
C F C G
She had a rattlesnake necklace and she loved desperados
C F G C
This pettycoat wildcat, the outlaw Belle Starr.
Born Myrabelle Sherley in Southwest Missouri
She spoke Greek and Latin and Hebrew quite well
She's fierce as a wildcat, deadly aim with a pistol
She played the piano like a sweet Southern belle.
Her brother rode under the black flag in Kansas
He was killed with one thrill in the great Civil War
She was only sixteen when she bought twin revolvers
And began her career as the outlaw Belle Starr.
And she loved many men who were wild, rough and fearless
She danced with Cole Younger and she fancied Frank James
She married Jim Reed, a dashing young outlaw
Many a lawman soon cursed her name.
She robbed, smuggled whiskey and she sold it to Indians
Rode a big horse named Venus, as black as cold tar
She rode out a-ridin' with Sam Starr the badman
And soon became known as the outlaw Belle Starr
There are several more verses to this song but I cannot find them online. I will edit
this tab when I can find out what they are.
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