Chords for VERLON THOMPSON: JOE WALKER'S MARE

[F#m] I don't [G] know if she's been trying the other ones or [Dm] not, _ [G] so_
Oh [F] man, I better_
[D#] _ [B] Play this one with me and I got [G] another request [A] and_ _ _
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_ I know you're wanting to saw on that fiddle. _
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_ It's torture to be a fiddle player and have to just stand there and not play. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Now, Joe Walker's mare was a mighty good ride,
She [D] was no bag of [G] bones, she was no [D] hunk of hide,
[E] He gave her to me the day [F#m] that he died.
[D] Joe Walker's mare was a mighty good [G] ride,
[A] When Joe Walker found her she was lonesome and lame.
[D] Her tail and a tangle, furs in her mane,
[E] And they are both mountains and a cold [A] pouring rain,
[D] When Joe Walker found her she was lonesome and [A] lame. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] Now Joe Walker rode her for [C#] twenty-some years,
[D] He viewed most of the country between her two ears,
[E] He found him a good one, he never [F#m] switched gears,
[D] Joe Walker rode her for twenty [C#]-some [A] years,
She never reared up, she [C] never broke [A] loose,
[D] She'd carry a queen or a chomped off that poose,
[E] Bare back and bridle, no saddle, [F#m] no use,
She never [D] reared up, no, she never broke [A] loose. _ _
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_ [A] Now she pulled the wagon that hauled him away,
[D] In the box that he [C#] felt for his burying [D#] day,
[E] She even dropped her head for the preacher [F#m] to pray,
And then [D] I unhitched the wagon _ and watched [C] them haul him away.
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] And I never rode her, it just didn't seem [N] right,
_ _ Oh, [D] I'd brush her and I'd comb her [F#] _ [G] most every night,
_ [E] Yes, and I thought about it, _ but [F#m] dream as I might,
[D] I would not ride her, _ it [G] just didn't seem right. _ _ _
So [A] when they are both mountains somewhere,
Running free is [D] the son of that mare,
Joe Walker gave me, [E] I turned and loosed the day [F#m] that she died,
[D] Joe Walker's mare was a mighty good ride,
She [E] was no bag of bones, [F#m] no hog to hide,
[D] Joe Walker's mare was a mighty good ride.
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_ _ _ _ Sleep honey. _ _
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