C
G7
C
This is the story of a Yellow Bandana
Am
Dm
G7
C
A handsome young soldier and a girl named Roseanna
C
G7
Away out west in the wilds of New Mexico
C
There lived a girl and a soldier who loved her so
G7
And every night beneath the full crimson moon above
C
This brave young soldier would pledge her his love
Dm
G7
C
And he gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
Am
Dm
G7
C
To wear in her hair till he’s with her once more
Dm
G7
C
He gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
Am
Dm
G7
C
Mounted his pony and rode off to war
G7
His orders came and he had to ride west again
C
Seems that Apaches were causing unrest again
G7
He kissed Roseanna goodbye as he rode away
C
Promising this time he’d come back to stay
Dm
G7
C
And he gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
Am
Dm
G7
C
To wear in her hair till he’s with her once more
Dm
G7
C
He gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
Am
Dm
G7
C
Mounted his pony and rode off to war
G7
The war was over and he came back home and found
C
That the Apaches had burned the whole village down
G7
And beneath the tree where he last kissed Roseanna
C
Draped on a cross was his Yellow Bandana
Dm
G7
C
And he gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
Am
Dm
G7
C
To wear in her hair till he’s with her once more
Dm
G7
C
He gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
Am
Dm
G7
C
Mounted his pony and rode off to war
Dm
G7
C
He gave Roseanna his Yellow Bandana
Am
Dm
G7
C
To wear in her hair till he’s with her once more
G7
C
Am
Dm
