Chords for Spin That Pony (Live) (feat. Annie Lydon)

This is a little song about a guy who used to train horses up the road here in
Roy Grandy, California back [E] in the 19- well when my friend met him, my friend
Les met him in the 1960s.
He was he was getting way up there then, he was
probably in his late 70s.
He was an old [G]-style horse trainer and that if you
snuck around and tried to watch him see what he was doing and he saw you, he'd
stop and go sit on the porch and wait until you went away.
But if you got to
know ya, he'd show you some stuff.
His name was Mike Hernandez _ and [C] Les said one
day they [N] had just had lunch and Mike told him, he said, you come with me I'll
show you something. _
And he took him into a barn about half the size of this this
room here where he had a from one of the rafters he had a piece of broken riata
rawhide rope hanging there and he rode his horse up underneath that rope grabbed
a hold of it and then spun his horse underneath him never let go and stopped
reverse direction and spun him in the opposite way and _ that's control.
_ _ I can
get mine turned in about a three acre field.
_ [Em] _ _ I'm gonna spur him pretty hard in
the neck to get it done.
_ You guys have a part in this in this song in the chorus
there's a spot in it goes like this it goes round and round _ [G] and round.
When I do that I
want you guys to shout back at me spinning like this [Em] around and round
spinning [G] and round try it here we go [F#] around [Em] and round spinning [G] and try to do it in time. _ _ _ _
Here we go around and [Em] round spinning [G]
and close enough.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] Oh Mike Hernandez [G] was a bueno vaquero [D] he rode good horses [G] California style
[D] watched him for hours [G] showed me a [C] little of the [G] old [C] California he [A] knew for a while
_ [D] started young horses in Bozali Fiato _ [D]
onto the terrain [G] the old Spanish [Em] spade
[D]
brought them along with [G] two hands that [C] were gentle [G] some fine [C] reigning horses [D] as
ever were made and [C] he'd spin that [E] pony hanging on the [G]
gloriata [C] he hung from
[G] air after in the Willow [D] Creek barn and [C] I watched and [G] I wondered [D] man how could [G] he
do that [C] then he [G] changed direction [D] and spin [G] him some more [E] round and round _ and
round one more time [Em] around and round spinning [G] and round _
_ [D] had them big spurs [G] came from Chihuahua
[D] they never had ever [G] ached hide [Em] nor hair [D] had a nice jingle [G] and when [C] he rode by
[G] they made [C] pretty music [D] that danced [G] on the _ air [D] lived in a shack with his wife
named Juanita she cooked on the wood [G] stove tortillas [Em] and [D] beans after we'd
eaten [G] she said [C] come I'll show you [G] what [C] the word handle [D] on a good [G] cow horse means
_ [C] and he'd spin [G] that pony [D] hanging on the [G] gloriata [C] he hung [G] from air after in the [D] Willow Creek barn
[C] and I watched [G] and I wondered [D] man how [G] could he do [C] that then he [G] changed direction [D] and spin [Em] him some more round and round spinning [G] and round one more time [Em] around and round spinning [G] and round
_ _ [D] never did shout [G] never did whisper [D] he had his own lingo [G] that they [Em] understood [D] touch
of a knee [G] or the lift [C] of a rein [G] his horses [C] all gave [D] him the best [G] that they could
_ [D]
and an old shack [G] out behind his adobe [A] I helped him to hang up [G] all his [Em] bridles
and gear [D]
where I discovered [G] I know [C] tarp that covered [G]
three [C] trophy [D] saddles one
back [G] many years [C] and it's been that pony [D] hanging on the [G]
gloriata [C] he hung [G] from
air after in the Willow Creek barn [C] and I watched [G] and I wondered [D] man how [G] could he
do [C] that then he changed direction [D] and spin him some more [Em] round and round _ _ _ _ _
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