6 7 -8 8 8 -8 8 Oh, give me land, lots of land 8 -8 8 -8 7 -8 8 un-der star-ry skies a-bove, 8 -9 8 -8 Don't fence me in. -7 7 -8 -8 7 -8 -8 7 Let me ride through the wide o-pen -8 7 -7 7 -8 coun-try that I love; 9 9 -9 8 Don't fence me in. 7 -8 8 8 -8 8 Let me be by my-self 8 -8 8 8 -8 7 in the eve-ning bre-eze, -9 8 -9 8 -9 8 Lis-ten to the mur-mur -9 9 -10 9 -10 9 -9 of the cot-ton-wood tre-es, 8 -8 8 -9 9 -9 Send me off for-ev-er, 9 -10 -10 -10 9 -9 but I ask you ple-ase, 8 8 -8 7 Don't fence me in. 7 7 7 7 Just turn me lose, -6 -7 7 -7 -6 -7 7 -7 let me strad-dle my old sad-dle -6 -7 7 -8 7 -6 6 un-der neath the West-ern skies, 7 7 7 7 On my cay-use, -6 -7 7 -7 -6 -7 7 -7 let me wan-der o-ver yon-der -6 -7 7 -8 7 -6 6 till I see the moun-tains rise, 6 7 -8 8 8 -8 8 I want to ride to the ridge 8 -8 8 8 -8 7 Where the West com-menc-es, -9 -9 8 -9 Gaze at the moon -9 9 -10 -10 9 -9 till I lose my sens-es, 8 8 -9 9 -9 Can't look at hob-bles, 9 -10 -10 -10 9 -9 and I can't stand fenc-es, 8 8 -8 7 Don't fence me in.