Byrds - Chestnut Mare (1970) Chords

_ _ _ Always _ _ alone, _ [G] _ [Bm] never [A] with a _ _ _ [D] herd.
_ [C#] Prettiest mare [F#m] I've ever seen.
[G] You have [D] to take [A] my [A] word.
_ [G] _ _ [D] I'm going [E] to catch [A] that horse if [D] I [C#] can. _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [F#] And when [Em] I do, [A] I'll give her [D] my brand.
[C#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] Well, I [F#m] was up on Stony Ridge after this [G] chestnut mare.
_ [D] _
[E] Been chasing her for [B] weeks.
_ _ [C#] I'd catch a [F#] glimpse of her every once in a [A] while.
_ Taking her [D] meal, bathing.
_ _ [A] Fine lady.
[D] _ _ [C#] _
This one day [Bm] I happened to be real [A] close to her and I saw her [G] standing over there.
[D] _ _ [E] So I [B] snuck up on her nice [D] and easy. _
[C#] _ _ [Bm] Got my [A] rope out _ [G] and [D] I [E] flung it in the air.
_ _ [G] _
[D] I'm going [E] to catch [A] that horse if [D] I _
[F#m] can.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
[D] And when [E] I do, [A] I'll give her [D] my [C#] brand.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
[Bm] And we'll be [E] friends for life.
[G] _
[D] She'll be just [E] like her wife.
[G] _
[D] I'm going [E] to catch [A] that horse if [D] I can.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] And I [C#] got her and I'm pulling [Bm] on her and [A] she's pulling back like [G] this mule going up a ladder.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] And I take [C#] a choice and I jump right up on her.
[A] _ _ [G] Damn if I don't land right on [E] top of her.
[A] And she [D] takes off [C#] _ [Bm] running up onto the [A] ridge [G] higher than I've ever been before.
_ [A] _ _ She's running [D] along just [C#] fine.
_ [Bm] _ [A] So she stops and something [G] spooked her.
[F#] The sidewinder [E] all coiled and ready to [A] strike.
_ [D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [Bm] She doesn't know what to do for a [G] second but then [D] she jumps off [E] the edge [A] and he's holding on.
[D] _ _
Above the hills, _ [C] higher than [A] eagles were _ [E] gliding, [G] _ _
suspended [G] in the [D] sky.
_ _ _ _ [A] Over [D] the moon, [C] straight through [F#] the sun [A] we were [E] riding, _ _ [G] _ as were [F#] piled [A] with light.
_ _ _ Behind us [D] black [C] walls, below us [G] a [A] bottomless [E] canyon, _ [G] _
holding _ with [D] no _ _ sound.
_ _ [A] Those far below [C] _ seemed [A] to be suddenly [E] rising, _ _ [G] _ exploding _ [Bm] all [A] _ around.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ [F#] I'm [Em] going to catch [A] that horse [D] if I [C#] can.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [F#] And [E] when I do [A] I'll give [D] her my _ [C#] brand.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ [D] And we'll [E] be friends for [G] life, [F#] she'll be [E] just like her wife.
[G] _ [F#] I'm going [E] to catch [A] that horse if [D] I [C#] can.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] I look down and we were [C#] falling _ [Bm] down this [A] crevice [G] about a mile [D] down I'd say.
[E] _ _ I look down and I see this [F#m] red thing below us coming up [D] real fast and that's [G] our reflection in this [F#m] little pool [E] of water about six [A] feet wide [D] and one foot deep.
[C#] _ _ We're [A] falling down [G] right through it.
[D] _ [A] We hit and we splashed to dry. _
[D] That's [C#] when I lost my [Bm] hold and she [D] got away [G] but I'm [D] going to try to get her [E] again someday. _ _
[G] _ [D] I'm going [E] to catch that horse if I [C#m] can.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ [F#] And when [E] I do [A] I'll give her [D] my [C#] brand.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] And [F#m] we'll be [E] friends for [E] life, [G] she'll [F#m] be just [E] like her wife.
[G] _
[F#] I'm going [E] to catch that horse.
[G] _
_ [F#] I'm going [E] to catch that [G] horse. _
[D] I'm going to catch [A] that horse [D] if I [C#] can.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F#m] I'm [E] going to catch [A] that horse [G] if I can.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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