Riding Down the Canyon Song Lyrics and Chords by Gene Autry
Riding Down the Canyon
Recorded by Gene Autry
Written by Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
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When evening chores are
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over at our
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ranch house on the
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plain
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all I've got to
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do is lay
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around
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I saddle up my
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pony and
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ride off down the
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watch the desert sun go
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down
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Riding down the
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canyon to
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watch the sun go
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down
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picture that no
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artist e'er could
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paint
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White faced cattle
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lowing
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on the mountain
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side
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hear a coyote whining for its
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mate
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Cactus plants are blooming
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sagebrush every where
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Granite spires are standing all
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around
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tell you folks it's
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heaven
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riding down the
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trail
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When the desert
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sun goes
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down
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Riding Down the Canyon?
- The song Riding Down the Canyon was sang by Gene Autry.
Who is Gene Autry?
- Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 - October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, and rodeo performer who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was the owner of a television station, several radio stations in Southern California, and the Los Angeles/California Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997.
From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films, and between 1950 and 1956 hosted The Gene Autry Show television series. During the 1930s and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero—honest, brave, and true—and profoundly touched the lives of millions of Americans. Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the genre's development after Jimmie Rodgers. His singing cowboy films were the first vehicle to carry country music to a national audience. In addition to his signature song, "Back in the Saddle Again" and his hit "At Mail Call Today", Autry is still remembered for his Christmas holiday songs, most especially his biggest hit "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" as well as "Frosty the Snowman", "Here Comes Santa Claus", and "Up on the House Top".
Autry is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for film, television, music, radio, and live performance. The town of Gene Autry, Oklahoma, was named in his honor, as was the Gene Autry precinct in Mesa, Arizona.