Chords for The Strawberry Roan

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I was laying around just [A] a spending my time
_ Out of a [Abm] job I [D] ain't holding a dime
A fella steps up and [G] he says I suppose
[A] That you're a bronc fighter by [D] the looks of your clothes
You figures me [Bm] right I'm [A] a good one I claim
Do you happen to have [D] any bad ones to tame?
He says I got one, got [G] a bad one to buck
[A] For a throwing good [E]
riders he's had [D] lots of luck _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He says this old pony he [A] ain't never been rode
That the boys that gets on him [D] is bound to [Gb] get throwed
[D] Well I gets all excited and I [G] ask what he pays
[A] To ride that old pony [D] for a couple of days
He offers [Ab] a ten spot [A] I says I'm your man
Cause the bronc never lived [D] that I couldn't fan
The horse never _ lived no he [G] never drew breath
[A] That I couldn't [E] ride till he star [D] flum to _ [A] death _
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I don't like to brag but [A] I got this to say
That I ain't been piling [D] many a day _
Says he get your saddle I'll [G] give you a chance
So [A] I gets in his buck board [D] we drifts to the ranch
I stays until [Abm] _
morning [A] and right after chuck
I steps out to see [D] if this outlaw can [B] [Ab] buck
_ [D] Down in the horse corral [G] standing alone
Was [A] this old caballo [B] the _ strawberry [D] _ _
roam
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_ _ _ His legs was all spavened [A] he's got pigeon _ toes
Little pig eyes and [D] a big Roman nose
_ Little pin ears that touch [G] at the tip
_ [A] And a double square iron [D] was stamped on his hip
And you neck ain't old with [A] a long lower jaw
I can see with one eye he's [D] a regular _ outlaw
I puts on my spurs and I'm sure [G] feeling fine
_ [A] Turns up my hat and I picks up [D] my twine _ _ _
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I throws that loop [Bm] on him [A] and well I know then
That before he gets rode I [D] will sure earn my ten
I gets my blinds on him [G] and it sure was a [A] fight
Next comes my saddle [D] I screws it down tight
Then I piles on him I [A] raises the blind
I'm right in his middle to [D] see him [Bm] unwind
Well he pulls his old neck and [G] I guess he unwound
[A] For he seems to quit living down [Gb] there [D] on the ground
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_ _ _ He goes up towards the east [A] comes down toward the west
To stay in his middle [D] I'm doing my best
He sure is frog walking [G] and heaves a big sigh
[A] He only lacks wings [D] what to be on the fly
Well he turns his old belly [A] right up toward the sun
He sure is a sun [D] fishing son of a gun _ _
He's the worst bucker [G] I've seen on the range
[A] He can turn on a nickel and he'll give you [D] some change
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Well while he's a bucking [A] he squeals like a show _
And I'll tell you that pony [D] has sure got my goat
I claim that no fool in this bronc [G] could sure step
[A] I'm still in my saddle and a building [D] a rut
_ _ _ Well he hits on all fours and [A] he suns up his side
And I don't see how he keeps [D] from a shed in his hide
I loses my stirrup and [G] also my hat
[A] I'm a grabbing full leather I'm as blind as [D] a bat
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With a phenomenal jump [A] he goes up on high
And I'm sitting on nothing way up in the sky
Then I turns over twice and [G] I comes back to earth
[A] Just a sitting there a cussing [D] the day of his birth
Then I know that there's horses that I [A] ain't able to ride
And some of them's living [D] they haven't all died
But I'll bet so my money that the [G] man ain't alive
Can [A] stay with that bronc till he [Dbm]
makes his [D] high dive _
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