2 acessos
[Intro] C [Verse 1] C F C Dora Hand was a singer in the New York operetta G Born into Boston old money, and Paristrained C F C Dressed in black, she was a classic beauty but cursed with constitution sickly G C She ventured West to breathe the fresh air on the Plains F C She ended up down in Dodge City, it was a cowtown, dry and ugly G She hid her past, took Fannie Keenan for a name C F C Took the stage as a Vaudeville singer at the Lady Gay and the Alhambra G C The cowboys loved her and she quickly rose to fame [Chorus] F Dm Sing a song, boys, for Dora Hand C F She brought a little beauty to this hard and barren land Dm G Doff your caps, boys, though saved or damned C For Dora Hand [Verse 2] C F C Now to the Dodge folk she was an Angel, they called her Lady Bountiful By day, and "Queen Of Fairy Belles" G by night C F C She was bringing in good money, so she gave plenty to the needy G C She sure could sing, but she sure knew her wrong from right F C Now lovely Dora, she took the fancy of that mayor, James Dog Kelley G Like many a man before him, he was heard to say C F C "That there Dora is a beautiful creature, she gives men a strange nostalgia G C Dreams of finer things and better days" [Chorus] F Dm So sing a song, boys, for Dora Hand C F She brought a little beauty to this hard and barren land Dm G Dream a dream, boys, of a promised land C Of Dora Hand [Bridge] Am Em Now young Spike Kennedy came up from Texas on a rolling black thunder cloud Dm Am He was a-whooping and a-whoring and a-drowning in whiskey like a one-man bad luck crowd Am Em One night he saw Dora singing at the Alhambra and he tried to slip the lady a kiss Dm Am Dog Kelley got angry and he knocked him on his belly with one flick of his Kansas wrist Dm Em Am G F Well now Spike, he got mad, he was looking out for blood, he was raging like the Devil's stepson Dm Em Am G F He rode out to the cabin which the mayor used for napping on a horse with a loaded six-gun Dm Em Am G F He fired in the dark, but he didn't hit his mark when the bullet went through that wall Dm Em Am G Am Kelley wasn't in his bed, lying there in his stead, Dora Hand was killed [Guitar Solo] C F C G C G C F C G F C G C [Verse 3] C F C So the marshals, they raised a posse, and they caught up with young Spike Kenedy G His daddy bought him free, even though he confessed Am F C All Dodge City wept for Dora, every bar closed as they buried her G C Four hundred cowboys rode her to her rest [Chorus] F Dm Sing a song, boys, with the funeral band C F We won't see her like again in this hard and barren land Dm G Wave her off, boys, to no man's land F Dora Hand C Our Dora Hand