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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* performed by Michael Martin Murphey on the "Blue Sky, Night Thunder
album" (not using his middle name at the time)
* lyrics typed by Joe Chew
* music transcribed by Greg Vaughn
[Intro Lick]
E Emaj7 F#m repeat
e|--12-12-------------11-11-------------9--9----------------|
B|----9--9--------------9--9-------------10-10--------------|
G|---------9-(let ring)------9-(let ring)------11-(let ring)|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
E Emaj7 F#m
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
E Emaj7 F#m
On a dark, flat land she rides
Amaj7 G#m
On a pony she named Wildfire
Amaj7 G#m
Whirlwind by her side
F#m G#m (intro lick)
On a cold Nebraska night.
[Chorus]
Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came an early frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down its stall,
In a blizzard she was lost.
Amaj7 G#m
She ran calling Wild---fire,
Amaj7 G#m
Calling Wild---fire,
Amaj7 G#m F#m B Amaj7 (intro lick)
Calling Wi----i----ld----fi----i----re.
[Verse 2]
E Emaj7 F#m
By the dark of the moon I planted
E Emaj7 F#m
But there came an early snow.
Amaj7 G#m
Been a hoot owl howlin' outside my window now,
Amaj7 G#m
For six nights in a row.
F#m G#m
She's comin' for me, I know
F#m G#m
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go.
[Outro]
We'll be ridin' Wildfire,
Ridin' Wildfire,
We'll be ridin' Wildfire
On Wildfire we're gonna ride,
Gonna leave sodbustin' behind.
Get these hard times right on out of our minds,
Ridin' Wildfire.
Here's how I play the chords. Your mileage may vary.
E Emaj7 F#m Amaj7 G#m B
x||||| x||||| |||||| x||||| |||||| x|||||
4|||ooo 4|||ooo oooooo |||||o 4oooooo |ooooo
||||o| |||||| |||||| 5||||o| |||||| ||||||
||o||| ||o||| |oo||| ||oo|| |oo||| ||ooo|
|o|||| |o|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
43121 43111 134111 3421 134111 13331 Fingers
album" (not using his middle name at the time)
* lyrics typed by Joe Chew
* music transcribed by Greg Vaughn
[Intro Lick]
E Emaj7 F#m repeat
e|--12-12-------------11-11-------------9--9----------------|
B|----9--9--------------9--9-------------10-10--------------|
G|---------9-(let ring)------9-(let ring)------11-(let ring)|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
E Emaj7 F#m
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
E Emaj7 F#m
On a dark, flat land she rides
Amaj7 G#m
On a pony she named Wildfire
Amaj7 G#m
Whirlwind by her side
F#m G#m (intro lick)
On a cold Nebraska night.
[Chorus]
Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came an early frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down its stall,
In a blizzard she was lost.
Amaj7 G#m
She ran calling Wild---fire,
Amaj7 G#m
Calling Wild---fire,
Amaj7 G#m F#m B Amaj7 (intro lick)
Calling Wi----i----ld----fi----i----re.
[Verse 2]
E Emaj7 F#m
By the dark of the moon I planted
E Emaj7 F#m
But there came an early snow.
Amaj7 G#m
Been a hoot owl howlin' outside my window now,
Amaj7 G#m
For six nights in a row.
F#m G#m
She's comin' for me, I know
F#m G#m
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go.
[Outro]
We'll be ridin' Wildfire,
Ridin' Wildfire,
We'll be ridin' Wildfire
On Wildfire we're gonna ride,
Gonna leave sodbustin' behind.
Get these hard times right on out of our minds,
Ridin' Wildfire.
Here's how I play the chords. Your mileage may vary.
E Emaj7 F#m Amaj7 G#m B
x||||| x||||| |||||| x||||| |||||| x|||||
4|||ooo 4|||ooo oooooo |||||o 4oooooo |ooooo
||||o| |||||| |||||| 5||||o| |||||| ||||||
||o||| ||o||| |oo||| ||oo|| |oo||| ||ooo|
|o|||| |o|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
43121 43111 134111 3421 134111 13331 Fingers
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