[Strophe]
            D 
Oh, give me land, lots of land 
      D 
under starry skies above 
               A7 
Don't fence me in 
       A7 
Let me ride through the wide open 
A7 
country that I love 
               D 
Don't fence me in 
       D                   D7 
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze, 
G 
listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees, 
D                         B7 
send me off forever but I ask you please 
E7    A7       D 
Don't fence me in
[Strophe]
             G 
Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle 
                       D 
underneath the western skies 
      G 
On my cayuse let me wander over yonder 
                        D        A7 
till I see the mountain rise 
          D                           D7 
I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences, 
G 
gaze at the moon until I lose my senses, 
  D                          B7 
I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences 
E7    A7       D 
Don't fence me in