Paint Me Back Home In Wyoming
Written by Jake Brooks & Dolly Allen
Recorded by Chris LeDoux

(Talking)
(G) She was paintin' a picture of slum life
(C) When the cowboy (D)came limpin' by (G)
(C) Wearin' tattered old (D)boots with one sole (G)gone
(G) And a far away look in his eye (D)
(G) Well, he watched for a while as she painted
(C) And then he said, "Mama you surely (D)paint well (G)
(C) Yes, you got all this (D)on your canvas (G)
(G) The dirt the squalor and the hell" (D)
(G)Well, she asked to paint him in the setting
(C)Ah, but he shook his head (D)slowly and (G)low
He said (C)"naw, I won't (D)fit your picture (G)
Un-(C)less (D) you can paint me back home" (G)

(Chorus)
Can you (G)paint me back home in Wyoming (G7)
Riding (C)free 'neath the (D)big sky a-(G)bove
(C) Free as the (D)wind on the (G)prairie
(Am)Out in the hills that I (D)love
I (G)long to get back to Wyoming (G7)
And I've (C)hoped all these (D)years that I (G)can
Please (C)paint me back (D)home on your (G)canvas
Paint me (C)back in Wy-(D)oming a-(G)gain

(Talking)
(G) Well, I never claimed this festered city (G7)
You know (C)I was raised on a (D)ranch out in the west (G)
(C)I spent my young years (D)bustin' horses (G)
And boy they said (G)I could ride with the best (D)
(G) So I came here to Madison Square Garden (G7)
(C) To ride in the (D)big rodeo (G)
(C)Ah’ but I got stepped (D)on and all (G)crippled up
And (G)chute, bronc bustin' is all I know (D)
(G)Ah, boy if I could just get back to Wyoming (G7)
(C) I wouldn't feel (D)so alone (G)
(C)Ah, but the pain is too (D)much for the roamin' (G)
So (C)please can you (D)paint me back home (G)

(Chorus)
Can you (G)paint me back home in Wyoming (G7)
Riding (C)free 'neath the (D)big sky a-(G)bove
(C) Free as the (D)wind on the (G)prairie
(Am)Out in the hills that I (D)love
I (G)long to get back to Wyoming (G7)
And I've (C)hoped all these (D)years that I (G)can
Please (C)paint me back (D)home on your (G)canvas
Paint me (C)back in Wy-(D)oming a-(G)gain

(Tag)
Paint me (C)back in Wy-(D)oming a-(G)gain