{"id":20478,"date":"2024-05-04T17:54:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T17:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20478"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:00:08","slug":"ballad-of-irving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/ballad-of-irving\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballad of Irving"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cords pictured are for Tenor Uke<\/div>\n
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He was [G] short and fat, and [F] rode out of the West,\u00a0 With a [G] Mogen David on his [F] silver vest.\u00a0 He was [G] mean and nasty right [F] clear through, Which was [G] kinda weird, ’cause he was [F] yellow too.\u00a0 They called him [G] Irving.
\n[Em] Big Irving. [C] Big, short Irving.
\n[D] Big, short, fat Irving.
\n[G] The hundred and forty-second fastest gun (CRACK) in the West. <\/span><\/div>\n
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He [G] came from the old Bar [F] Mitzvah spread, <\/span>With a [G] 10-gallon yarmulke [F] on his head.* <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
He [G] always followed his [F] mother’s wishes. <\/span>Even [G] on the range he used [F] two sets of dishes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>[G] Irving. <\/span><\/div>\n
[Em] Big, fat Irving. [C] Big sissy Irving.\u00a0 <\/span>[D]
\n[G] The hundred and forty-second fastest gun (CRACK) in the West. <\/span><\/div>\n
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A [G] hundred 41 could draw [F] faster than he, <\/span><\/div>\n
But [G] Irving was looking for [F] 1-43<\/span><\/div>\n
Walked [G] into Sol’s Saloon like a [F] man insane,\u00a0 <\/span>And ordered [G] three fingers of [F] two cents plain.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>[G] Irving. <\/span>[Em] Big, fat Irving. <\/span><\/div>\n
[C] Big sport Irving. [D] Irving.
\n[G] The hundred and forty-second fastest gun (CRACK) in the West. <\/span><\/div>\n
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One [G] day Bad Max happened [F] into town.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>His [G] aim was to shoot fat [F] Irving down. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Bad [G] Max said, “Draw, and [F] draw right now!” <\/span>And [G] Irving drew, drew a picture [F] of a cow. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
[G] Irving. [Em] Big, fat Irving. <\/span><\/div>\n
[C] Big gunfighter Irving. [D]
\n[G] The hundred and forty-second fastest gun (CRACK) in the West. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The [G] James Boys was comin’ on a [F] train at first sun,\u00a0 <\/span>And the [G] town said, “Irving, we [F] need your gun.”\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>When that [G] train pulled in at the [F] break of dawn,\u00a0 <\/span>Irving’s [G] gun was there, but [F] Irving was gone. <\/span><\/div>\n
[G] Irving. [Em] Big, fat Irving. <\/span><\/div>\n
[C] Big help, Irving. [D]
\n[G] The hundred and forty-second fastest gun (CRACK) in the West. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Well, [G] finally Irving got three [F] slugs in the belly.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It was [G] right outside the [F] Frontier Deli.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>He was [G] sittin’ there twirlin’ his [F] gun around,\u00a0 <\/span>And [G] butterfingers Irving [F] gunned himself down! <\/span><\/div>\n
[G] Irving. [Em] Big, fat Irving.
\n[C] Big dumb-dumb Irving. <\/span><\/div>\n
[D] Big dumb-dumb dead Irving. <\/span><\/div>\n
[G] The hundred and forty-second fastest gun (CRACK) in the West. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Really!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cords pictured are for Tenor Uke He was [G] short and fat, and [F] rode out of the West,\u00a0 With a [G] Mogen David on his [F] silver vest.\u00a0 He was [G] mean and nasty right [F] clear through, Which was [G] kinda weird, ’cause he was [F] yellow too.\u00a0 … CLICK TO VIEW SONGBallad of Irving<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,13,116,117,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}