No More Buffalo Chords by James Mcmurtry

Not that I advocate drinking or nothing.
_ _ It's just my job you see.
_ _ I used to think I was an artist
Come _ to find out I'm a beer salesman _
Yeah, you laugh and [A] _ _ _ [D]
I'm okay with that
It's not a bad job really _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D#] Here's a song for the rest of you beer salesmen out [G] there.
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[D] _ _ [G] _ [D] I
Guess [A] we knew the cards [Am] were stacked
_ [D] _ [G] _ [D] Started out the best of [A] friends
_ [G] _ [D] We beat that highway
[A] Really quick [D] beating back
_ [G] _ [D] You didn't mean much in [A] the end
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] Some you win some [D] you lose
some you [G] throw [D] away
We [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ [Bm] headed south [A] across those [D] Colorado plains
[G] _ [D] Just as empty as the [A] day
And [Bm] _ [D] we [G] looked around at [D] all we saw
[Bm] And [D] _ all we'd [G] hoped to see _
_ _ [D] _ _ Looking [G] out through the back door [D] windshield
_ Somebody said to me
_ [G] No [D] more Buffalo
[G] [A] Blue skies are [G] open
No [Bm] more [Em] audio.
No more noise
[G] _ [D] Take this [G] Cadillac
[D] Park it out and [G] back
[D] Mama's calling but I waited for it
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_ [G] Don't [F#] chase that carrot [A] till it makes you sick _
[D] _ [G] _ What you think you're [A] gonna prove? _
_ [G] Just [Bm] let it dangle till it [A] falls [D] off that stick
[G] _ _ That's when [A] you make you move _
[D] _ _ Don't go chasing [G] after shooting [D] stars
[Bm] Try _ [D] to make [G] yourself a name
You [Bm] _ [D] could just do windmills [G] with that old Fender [D] guitar
_ [G] _ [D] Probably do about the same _
_ [G] No more Buffalo
[D] Blue skies are open
[G] No [D] more [G] rodeo for these [D] old [Em] boys
_ [G] Take my Cadillac
Park it out and [D] back
Mama's calling but I waited [A] for [D] it
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[Bm] never thought they'd [A] ever doubt [D] my words.
_ [G]
[D] I
Guess they were just too [A] tired to care
[G] I'd _ [Bm] point to the horizon [D] to the dust of the hearse _ _
still hovering in the air
[G] And _ [D] somebody said it ain't any such
_ _ [G]
Man, you [D] wish so hard.
You're scaring me
_ _ [G]
Cuz [D] those are combines kicking up that dust
_ [G]
[Bm] But you can see what you [D] wanna see
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[D] Go on chasing after [G] what used [D] to be there
_ [Bm]
[D] Stop that [G] rise and face the pain
_ _ [Bm] But [D] man, they were here.
[G] They [D] were here.
I swear
[G] That's [D] just his bleaching bones
stretching across the plane _
_ _ [G] [D] No more Buffalo
[G] [D] Blue skies are open
[G] [Bm] No more rodeo for this [A] old boy
_ [G] _ Take my Cadillac
Park it out and back
_ [D] Mama's calling but I waited for it
_ [G] No [D] more Buffalo
[G] Blue skies are open
No [D] more rock and roll as we all know it
[Em] _ [G] Take [D] my Cadillac
[G] _ Park it out and back
[Bm] Mama's calling [G] but I [D] waited for it
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