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RODEO

Words/Music by Larry B. Bastian



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GG Piano Chord 
  A|E5    |  GG Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
 | E5E5 Piano Chord 
                                |AA Piano Chord 

|    His eyes are cold and restless and his|wounds

| E5E5 Piano Chord 
   |A                  E5E5 Piano Chord 
           |A
have almost healed|   And|she'd give half of Texas just to|change the

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way he feels.|    Well, she|knows his love's in Tulsa, and she knows,|

A7A7 Piano Chord 
            |            |E5                               E7E7 Piano Chord 

he's gonna go.|    Well, it|ain't no woman, flesh and blood, it's that|

B5                           |E5  (chorus)
damned old rodeo,  Well, it's|bulls and blood, it's the dust and mud

|A5                E5E5 Piano Chord 
   E7E7 Piano Chord 
          |E5E5 Piano Chord 

it's the|roar of a sunday crowd.    It's the|white in his knuckles,

|B5B5 Piano Chord 
               D5D5 Piano Chord 
      B5B5 Piano Chord 
  |E5
the gold in the buckle he'll|win the next go 'round.  It's|boots and

|A5              E5E5 Piano Chord 
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chaps, it's cowboy hat's, it's|spurs and latigo.  It's the ropes|and the

|B5              |E5
reins, and the joy and the pain, and they call|the thing rodeo.|

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 A|E5    |  GG Piano Chord 
 AA Piano Chord 
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|     |      |  (v.2)  She  | (to *)
|     |      |  (v.3)  It'll| (to *)

Verse 3 outro-

E5E5 Piano Chord 
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It's the broncs  |and blood, it's the steers and the mud, and they

|  B5B5 Piano Chord 
                  |E5    |  GG Piano Chord 
 A|E5    |  GG Piano Chord 
 A|A| Piano Chord 

call|     the thing rodeo. |      |     |      |     |

Verse 2:

She does her best to hold him
When his love comes to call.
But his need for it controls him now,
Her backs against the wall.
And it's "So long, girl, I'll see you.",
When it's time for him to go.
You know the woman wants her cowboy
Like he wants his rodeo.  (chorus)

Verse 3:

It'll drive a cowboy crazy,
It'll drive the man insane.
And he'll sell off everything he owns
Just to pay to play her game.
And a broken home and some broken bones
Is all he'll have to show
For all the years that he's spent cahsin'
this dream they call rodeo.  (chorus)

E5th chord is:

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|  *  |  |  |  |   7
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I love this song, for obvious reasons.  Have fun with it.

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ANDREW D. LOWRY
INDIANA UNIVERSITY