Chords for Corb Lund - The Horse I Rode In On

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Sure was a big one, [E] an old [B] rodeo _ They'd been trying to hire us [C#m] for a few years [F#] or so
_ [E] The grandstand was bursting, [B] the infield was full _ They'd run all the chucks [F#] and they'd bucked all [B] the holes _ _
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I felt stiff in the saddle, [E] been a year since [B] I'd rode And I'd never been on him [C#m] save an afternoon [F#]
load
_ [E] This was the last thing [B] on my tortured mind As I put heels to belly [F#] and my band played [B]
time
_ _ It [F#] was a big sorrel gilding [E] with a golden [B] streak to make _ [F#]
Silver man's saddle [E] and hand [B]-braided reins
He had one blue eye that [A] was clear like [B] the rain But the horse I rode in [F#] on felt none of [B] my pain _
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_ Well we made quite an entrance [E] in show business [B]
style And ten thousand people [C#m] all witnessed my [F#]
smile
But [E] you were not there among them [B] I'm sorry to say As I rode through the crowd [F#] toward the big outdoor [B]
stage _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well if my pony was skittish [E] with all the people _ [B] around And if he spooked us a little [C#m] when the spotlight [F#] shone down
[E] It's nothing _ compared to the [B] heartbreak and pain That come with [F#] a love that has withered [B] in vain _
It [F#] was a big sorrel gilding [E] with a golden [B] streak to make _ [F#] _ Silver man's saddle [E] and hand [B]-braided reins
He had one blue eye that [A] was clear like [B] the rain But the horse I rode in [F#] on felt none of [B] my pain _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ So we played through the show [E] like I [B] always _ do I sang every one [C#m] of the love [F#] songs for you
[E] And then I climbed right back on him [B] and I spurred him away [E] And as the tears and the dust from [B] the arena did fade
I didn't feel like no cowboy [F#] anymore _ [B] anyway _ _
_ [F#] It was a big sorrel gilding [E] with a golden [B] streak to make [F#] A silver man's saddle [E] and hand [B]-braided reins
He had one blue eye that [A] was clear like [B] the rain But the horse I rode in on [F#] felt none of [B] my pain
No the horse I rode in on [F#] felt none of [B] my pain _ _ _ _ _
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