C
F
The childhood memories I treasure the most I suppose
G7
C
Are the Saturday afternoons spent at the town picture show
F
I worked all day long in the fields but at night I would dream
G7
C
Of seeing Gene Autry go riding across the big screen
F
Saturday mornings I’d walk twenty miles or more
G7
C
Twelve o’clock noon found the first one in line at the door
F
Cause all week I’d work but today I would fulfill my dream
G7
C
And I’d see Gene Autry go riding across the big screen
F
C
The man in the white cowboy hat was a hero to me
G7
He was then he is now and I guess he always will be
C
F
Time takes away many things but it can’t take a dream
G7
C
And I can still see him go riding across the big screen
F
When as a kid from our shack on the desert I’d roam
G7
C
My daddy would whip me cause I’d never be around home
F
But mom understood me I know cause she’d smile when I’d say
G7
C
Gene Autry and I had been rounding up outlaws all day
F
C
The man in the white cowboy hat was a hero to me
G7
He was then he is now and I guess he always will be
C
F
And every so often I go back in time and I dream
G7
C
And I see Gene Autry go riding across the big screen
G7
C
And I see Gene Autry go riding across the big screen