Chords for Hoyt Axton - Wild Bull Rider.
Tempo:
75.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
G
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
Dixie was a lady and a rodeo queen.
Billy was her lover, oh you know what I mean.
[G] Billy rode the bulls [A] in the big rodeo.
[E] Dixie [D] loved a man [A] and she told him so.
[E] Dixie [D] loved a man, [A] she told him so.
Billy brought a bad bull to the big rodeo.
Said he'd kill the man out in New Mexico.
[G] [Bm] Dixie said, [A] Billy, please don't go.
[E] Don't [D] ride that [A] killer in the rodeo.
[E] You're the [D] only man I [A] need you so.
Billy, he looked at [D] Dixie, [A] looked her right in the eyes.
He said, I'm [D] a wild bull rider [A]
[D] [A] for the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
But riding wild [F#] bulls is to have some [D] fun.
And the higher they get [B] is a little too [E] low for me.
[Em] [D] And the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
Billy rode that killer out of New Mexico.
He rode across the Rockies through the rain and the snow.
[G] He rode [Bm] across the desert [A] through the shiny blue sea.
[E] He rode [D] across the water [A] out to Hawaii.
[E] He rode [A] across the water out to Hawaii.
Aloha, ha, aloha, hey.
Aloha, ha, aloha, hey.
Billy rode that bull around the world a bit.
He rode him out to Jupiter and back to Turkey Head.
[G] He picked [Bm] up [A] Dixie, oh, they didn't [E] fly.
[D] Like a shooting [A] star, sailing through the [E] sky.
[A] Like a shooting star, sailing through the sky.
And I could hear Billy say, he said,
I'd rather be a lover than a fighter of war.
Be from Oklahoma than the nebulous stars.
[G] Smell a lot of diamonds [A] and honky-tonk bars.
[E] From Memphis [D] to the [A] China Sea.
[E] From Memphis [A] to the China Sea.
And [D] I'm a wild
[A] rodeo.
[D]
[A] For the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my papi was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
Ride wild [F#] bulls just to have some fun.
[D] And the higher they get [B] is a little too low [E] for me.
[Em] [D] And the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
What did he say?
[D] I'm a [A]
rodeo.
[D]
[A] For the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my papi was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
Ride wild [F#] bulls just to have some fun.
[D] And the higher they get [B] is a little too [E] low for me.
[D] Yeah, the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
Dixie was a lady and a rodeo queen.
Billy was her lover, oh you know what I mean.
[G] Billy rode the bulls [A] in the big rodeo.
[E] Dixie [D] loved a man [A] and she told him so.
[E] Dixie [D] loved a man, [A] she told him so.
Billy brought a bad bull to the big rodeo.
Said he'd kill the man out in New Mexico.
[G] [Bm] Dixie said, [A] Billy, please don't go.
[E] Don't [D] ride that [A] killer in the rodeo.
[E] You're the [D] only man I [A] need you so.
Billy, he looked at [D] Dixie, [A] looked her right in the eyes.
He said, I'm [D] a wild bull rider [A]
[D] [A] for the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
But riding wild [F#] bulls is to have some [D] fun.
And the higher they get [B] is a little too [E] low for me.
[Em] [D] And the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
Billy rode that killer out of New Mexico.
He rode across the Rockies through the rain and the snow.
[G] He rode [Bm] across the desert [A] through the shiny blue sea.
[E] He rode [D] across the water [A] out to Hawaii.
[E] He rode [A] across the water out to Hawaii.
Aloha, ha, aloha, hey.
Aloha, ha, aloha, hey.
Billy rode that bull around the world a bit.
He rode him out to Jupiter and back to Turkey Head.
[G] He picked [Bm] up [A] Dixie, oh, they didn't [E] fly.
[D] Like a shooting [A] star, sailing through the [E] sky.
[A] Like a shooting star, sailing through the sky.
And I could hear Billy say, he said,
I'd rather be a lover than a fighter of war.
Be from Oklahoma than the nebulous stars.
[G] Smell a lot of diamonds [A] and honky-tonk bars.
[E] From Memphis [D] to the [A] China Sea.
[E] From Memphis [A] to the China Sea.
And [D] I'm a wild
[A] rodeo.
[D]
[A] For the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my papi was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
Ride wild [F#] bulls just to have some fun.
[D] And the higher they get [B] is a little too low [E] for me.
[Em] [D] And the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
What did he say?
[D] I'm a [A]
rodeo.
[D]
[A] For the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my papi was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
Ride wild [F#] bulls just to have some fun.
[D] And the higher they get [B] is a little too [E] low for me.
[D] Yeah, the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
Key:
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Dixie was a lady and a rodeo queen.
Billy was her lover, oh you know what I mean.
[G] Billy rode the bulls [A] in the big rodeo.
[E] Dixie [D] loved a man [A] and she told him so.
[E] Dixie [D] loved a man, [A] she told him so.
_ Billy brought a bad bull to the big rodeo.
Said he'd kill the man out in New Mexico.
[G] [Bm] Dixie said, [A] Billy, please don't go.
[E] Don't [D] ride that [A] killer in the rodeo.
[E] You're the [D] only man I [A] need you so.
_ Billy, he looked at [D] Dixie, [A] looked her right in the eyes.
He said, I'm [D] a wild bull rider [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] for the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
But riding wild [F#] bulls is to have some [D] fun.
And the higher they get [B] is a little too [E] low for me.
_ [Em] [D] And the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
_ _ _ _ _ Billy rode that killer out of New Mexico.
He rode across the Rockies through the rain and the snow.
[G] He rode [Bm] across the desert [A] through the shiny blue sea.
[E] He rode [D] across the water [A] out to Hawaii.
[E] He rode [A] across the water out to Hawaii.
Aloha, ha, aloha, hey.
Aloha, ha, aloha, hey.
Billy rode that bull around the world a bit.
He rode him out to Jupiter and back to Turkey Head.
[G] He picked [Bm] up [A] Dixie, oh, they didn't [E] fly.
[D] Like a shooting [A] star, sailing through the [E] sky.
[A] Like a shooting star, sailing through the sky.
_ _ And I could hear Billy say, he said,
I'd rather be a lover than a fighter of war.
Be from Oklahoma than the nebulous stars.
[G] Smell a lot of diamonds [A] and honky-tonk bars.
[E] From Memphis [D] to the [A] China Sea.
[E] From Memphis [A] to the China Sea.
And [D] I'm a wild _ _
_ [A] _ rodeo.
_ [D] _ _
[A] For the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my papi was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
Ride wild [F#] bulls just to have some fun.
[D] And the higher they get [B] is a little too low [E] for me.
_ _ [Em] [D] And the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
What did he say?
[D] I'm a _ _ [A] _
_ rodeo.
_ [D] _ _ _
[A] For the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my papi was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
Ride wild [F#] bulls just to have some fun.
[D] And the higher they get [B] is a little too [E] low for me.
_ [D] Yeah, the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Dixie was a lady and a rodeo queen.
Billy was her lover, oh you know what I mean.
[G] Billy rode the bulls [A] in the big rodeo.
[E] Dixie [D] loved a man [A] and she told him so.
[E] Dixie [D] loved a man, [A] she told him so.
_ Billy brought a bad bull to the big rodeo.
Said he'd kill the man out in New Mexico.
[G] [Bm] Dixie said, [A] Billy, please don't go.
[E] Don't [D] ride that [A] killer in the rodeo.
[E] You're the [D] only man I [A] need you so.
_ Billy, he looked at [D] Dixie, [A] looked her right in the eyes.
He said, I'm [D] a wild bull rider [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] for the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
But riding wild [F#] bulls is to have some [D] fun.
And the higher they get [B] is a little too [E] low for me.
_ [Em] [D] And the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
_ _ _ _ _ Billy rode that killer out of New Mexico.
He rode across the Rockies through the rain and the snow.
[G] He rode [Bm] across the desert [A] through the shiny blue sea.
[E] He rode [D] across the water [A] out to Hawaii.
[E] He rode [A] across the water out to Hawaii.
Aloha, ha, aloha, hey.
Aloha, ha, aloha, hey.
Billy rode that bull around the world a bit.
He rode him out to Jupiter and back to Turkey Head.
[G] He picked [Bm] up [A] Dixie, oh, they didn't [E] fly.
[D] Like a shooting [A] star, sailing through the [E] sky.
[A] Like a shooting star, sailing through the sky.
_ _ And I could hear Billy say, he said,
I'd rather be a lover than a fighter of war.
Be from Oklahoma than the nebulous stars.
[G] Smell a lot of diamonds [A] and honky-tonk bars.
[E] From Memphis [D] to the [A] China Sea.
[E] From Memphis [A] to the China Sea.
And [D] I'm a wild _ _
_ [A] _ rodeo.
_ [D] _ _
[A] For the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my papi was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
Ride wild [F#] bulls just to have some fun.
[D] And the higher they get [B] is a little too low [E] for me.
_ _ [Em] [D] And the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
What did he say?
[D] I'm a _ _ [A] _
_ rodeo.
_ [D] _ _ _
[A] For the money and the show.
[D] Yeah, my papi was a pistol, I'm a son of a [A] gun.
Ride wild [F#] bulls just to have some fun.
[D] And the higher they get [B] is a little too [E] low for me.
_ [D] Yeah, the higher they get is a little too low [A] for me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _