Photo Finish Chords by Chris Ledoux

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_ _ _ _ _ At seven this morning I got on the phone and said [Eb] to hold my [F] bronc as long [Bb] as you can
My car broke [Eb] down in Billings and [Bb] they just got it put together.
I'll [Eb] be photo [Dm] finishing in the old [Bb] Cheyenne
_ Well here I [Eb] am in Sheridan [Bb] and it's nine o'clock [Eb] in the morning [F] and times are [Bb] going fast
I just [Eb] pulled her over [Bb] had some coffee and a donut and I bought the [F] car a brand new [Bb] tank of gas
_ [F] Well, I don't know if I'm gonna make it [Eb] it's [Bb] 915 I'll be [Eb] lucky if [F] I ever [Bb] get there
By [F] God now, what's that?
I [Eb] hear is that a [Bb] siren sure [Eb] enough.
He [F] got me on [Bb] his radar
He pulled up [Eb] behind me and [Bb] turned on those flashing lights [Eb] a sign that [F] I knew meant [Bb] fuller over
So I stopped on [Eb] my brakes and [Bb] as I skidded to a halt I wiped [Eb] out three [F] reflector post along [Bb] the shoulder
_ He got out of [Eb] his car and was [Bb] a walking real slow.
[Eb] So I jumped out [F] and met him [Bb] halfway
_ He jerked out [Eb] his gun and [Bb] said mister.
Are you crazy?
[Eb] I ain't never seen [F] nobody [Bb] drive that way.
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Told him take it easy and [Cm] he could put up [Bb] that cannon the [Eb] way he's shaking.
It [Dm] just [Bb] might go off
_ [F] He put up the gun as [Eb] I explained my [Bb] situation.
[Eb] He listened [F] to my story [Bb] then he called
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_ _ _ _ _ _ He wrote me out [Db] a ticket [Ab] that seemed to take forever I [Db] took it [Eb] and as I headed [Ab] for my car
_ That copy [Db] hollered out to [Ab] me and said hey cowboy.
[Db] You better slow down cause you [Eb] cannot [Ab] run this radar
As I rolled on [Db] down the road, I [Ab] was a cursing man a swearing [Db] about the ticket [Eb] that I had [Ab] just acquired.
_ I
Wondered [Db] if I ought to [Ab] pay it or throw it out the window.
[Db] Let imagine set [Eb] the damn [Ab] thing fire
_ [Eb] So I gunned it once again and [Db] was a traveling [Ab] down the road [Db] with the gas [Eb] pedal mash to [Ab] the floor
When [Eb] I came around a curve [Db] and right there [Ab] in the highway, [Db] there's more damn [Eb] sheep than I've ever [Ab] seen before
I'm going too [Db] fast to ever [Ab] stop.
So I just closed my eyes [Db] as the car roars on [Ab] through the herd
_ When I opened [Db] up my eyes again, [Ab] there's a sheep on the fender [Db] and that hurt her saying [Eb] some mighty [Ab] awful words
_ The sweats are [Db] dripping off my hands [Ab] as I barrel through old Wheatland.
[Db] I'm a nervous [Eb] wreck and I must be [Ab] a sight
_ _ The flies inside [Db] this old [Ab] car buzzing all around me.
Guess [Db] my 24-hour [Ab] deodorant quit last night
_ [Eb] 60 50 40 30 [Db] 20 [Ab] miles more the [Db] rodeo starts [Eb] in another [Ab] 18 minutes.
_ [Eb] I
Pull in through the main gate and [Db] I hear the [Ab] anthem playing.
I can't [Db] believe it.
[Eb] Thank God.
I finally [Ab] made it
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_ _ _ _ _ _ There's only one [Eb] more obstacle [Bb] that's standing in my way, [Eb] it's a knit with [F] with a [Bb] weekend badge
_ He's standing by [Eb] the gate and [Bb] as I slide her to a halt.
[Eb] He says where in the hell [F] you going?
So [Bb] doggone fast.
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Tell him my minute and I ain't got time to talk [Eb] my horse is in [F] the shoe and [Bb] I'm late
_ He says I [Eb] need to get a [Bb] pass from the secretary.
[Cm] My eyes get red.
[Dm] My heart fills up [Bb] with hate _ _ [F] I
Yell you dirty so-and-so [Eb] you better let [Bb] me through [Eb] he asked if I'd [F] repeat that once [Bb] again
_ So [F] I whacked him in the mouth and then [Eb] I left him [Bb] lying there [Eb] on his back
[F] Kicking in [Bb] the sand.
_ I got there [Ebm] just in time to see [Bb] my bronco running out.
[Eb] His head and [F] tail was held way [Bb] up high.
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Swear, he looked [Eb] right straight at me [Bb] and grin and gave a horse laugh [Eb] and me.
I [F] just stood there [Bbm] and cried I
Turned around [Eb] feeling helpless and [Bb] fairly dumbfounded.
[Eb] I looked [F] and what did [Bb] I see? _ _
Three highway [Eb] patrol man [Bb] and a gate man with a fat lip [Eb] and they were [F] all looking [Bb] right at me
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Sitting in the cell now.
[Eb] I've done a [Bb] lot of thinking [Eb] about that wild [F] run.
I made a [Bb] month ago
I'm [F]
sorry that I'm in [Eb] this rotten [Bb] situation [Eb] if I could do it [F] again, I wouldn't have [Bb] drove so slow
If [Eb] I could do it [F] again, I wouldn't have drove so [Bb] slow _ _ _
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