Chords for Slim Dusty - Battle With the Roan
Tempo:
101.2 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
I came riding down the barwin' [Eb] with my saddle [Bb] and my swag
[Eb] Strapped across the [Bb] bony framework of a long-back [F] chestnut nag
[Bb] I was headed for a station [Eb] on the stock route [Bb] west of Bourke
[Eb] To tangle [Bb] with an outlaw horse well [F] known in [Bb] camp I talk
When I rode down to the stockyard [Eb] where they said I'd [Bb] find the boss
[Eb] Standing just [Bb] inside I saw the big, grown [F] outlaw horse
[Bb] He was just the kind of horse-flesh [Eb] a ringer [Bb] dreams about
[Eb] Game-eye and good, [Bb] strong shoulders and front legs well spaced out
I said, now boss, is that the [Eb] horse the ringers [Bb] rave about?
[Eb] I've heard of [Bb] him at Camel Wheel and even [F] further out
[Bb] Yes, he's been tried by [D] desert men [Eb] and riders [Bb] from the gulf
[Eb] He said I'd give [Bb] my station to the man that calls his bluff
And as I strapped the [Eb] bridle on that proud and [Bb] shapely head
[Eb] I pictured [Bb] me as owner of his big [F] merino spread
[Bb] I threw my snide upholey on [Eb] and tightened [Bb] up the girth
[Eb] And as I stepped [Bb] as to ride him the big [F] horse left [Bb] this earth
He left the ground in one tight [Eb] ball as solid [Bb] as a stone
[Eb] And [Bb] all that I could see around was one big [F] blur of roam
I [Bb] hit him with my goosenecks [Eb] around the [Bb] shoulder points
[Eb] He twisted [Bb] like a reptile that [F] had a [Bb] million joints
He dropped his shoulders way down low [Eb] and chopped out to [Bb] the right
[Eb] He started [Bb] striking at the bit each time the [F] spurs did bite
I [Bb] thought I felt him weakened [Eb] so I [Bb] voiced a victory yell
[Eb] What happened then [Bb] I only know for those who saw it tell
So I rode away from the station [Eb] with my saddle and [Bb] my swag
[Eb] Strapped across the [Bb] bony framework of the same old [F] chestnut nag
And [Bb] just as I was leaving [Eb] he whinnied [Bb] loud and shrill
[Eb] And even [Bb] after all these years I [F] fancy I [Bb] hear him still
They still tell yonder bout him [Eb] around the [Bb] campfire blaze
[Eb] Of the noted [Bb] riders that he's thrown so many [F] different ways
[Bb] And while I'm taking night [Eb] watch on a cattle [Bb] camp alone
[Eb] I try to figure [Bb] how I lost the battle [F] with [Bb] the roam
[Eb] [Bb]
I came riding down the barwin' [Eb] with my saddle [Bb] and my swag
[Eb] Strapped across the [Bb] bony framework of a long-back [F] chestnut nag
[Bb] I was headed for a station [Eb] on the stock route [Bb] west of Bourke
[Eb] To tangle [Bb] with an outlaw horse well [F] known in [Bb] camp I talk
When I rode down to the stockyard [Eb] where they said I'd [Bb] find the boss
[Eb] Standing just [Bb] inside I saw the big, grown [F] outlaw horse
[Bb] He was just the kind of horse-flesh [Eb] a ringer [Bb] dreams about
[Eb] Game-eye and good, [Bb] strong shoulders and front legs well spaced out
I said, now boss, is that the [Eb] horse the ringers [Bb] rave about?
[Eb] I've heard of [Bb] him at Camel Wheel and even [F] further out
[Bb] Yes, he's been tried by [D] desert men [Eb] and riders [Bb] from the gulf
[Eb] He said I'd give [Bb] my station to the man that calls his bluff
And as I strapped the [Eb] bridle on that proud and [Bb] shapely head
[Eb] I pictured [Bb] me as owner of his big [F] merino spread
[Bb] I threw my snide upholey on [Eb] and tightened [Bb] up the girth
[Eb] And as I stepped [Bb] as to ride him the big [F] horse left [Bb] this earth
He left the ground in one tight [Eb] ball as solid [Bb] as a stone
[Eb] And [Bb] all that I could see around was one big [F] blur of roam
I [Bb] hit him with my goosenecks [Eb] around the [Bb] shoulder points
[Eb] He twisted [Bb] like a reptile that [F] had a [Bb] million joints
He dropped his shoulders way down low [Eb] and chopped out to [Bb] the right
[Eb] He started [Bb] striking at the bit each time the [F] spurs did bite
I [Bb] thought I felt him weakened [Eb] so I [Bb] voiced a victory yell
[Eb] What happened then [Bb] I only know for those who saw it tell
So I rode away from the station [Eb] with my saddle and [Bb] my swag
[Eb] Strapped across the [Bb] bony framework of the same old [F] chestnut nag
And [Bb] just as I was leaving [Eb] he whinnied [Bb] loud and shrill
[Eb] And even [Bb] after all these years I [F] fancy I [Bb] hear him still
They still tell yonder bout him [Eb] around the [Bb] campfire blaze
[Eb] Of the noted [Bb] riders that he's thrown so many [F] different ways
[Bb] And while I'm taking night [Eb] watch on a cattle [Bb] camp alone
[Eb] I try to figure [Bb] how I lost the battle [F] with [Bb] the roam
[Eb] [Bb]
Key:
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Eb
F
D
Bb
Eb
F
D
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I came riding down the barwin' [Eb] with my saddle [Bb] and my swag
[Eb] Strapped across the [Bb] bony framework of a long-back [F] chestnut nag
_ [Bb] I was headed for a station [Eb] on the stock route [Bb] west of Bourke
[Eb] To tangle [Bb] with an outlaw horse well [F] known in [Bb] camp I talk
_ When I rode down to the stockyard [Eb] where they said I'd [Bb] find the boss
[Eb] Standing just [Bb] inside I saw the big, grown [F] outlaw horse
_ [Bb] He was just the kind of horse-flesh [Eb] a ringer [Bb] dreams about
[Eb] Game-eye and good, [Bb] strong shoulders and front legs well spaced out
_ _ _ I said, now boss, is that the [Eb] horse the ringers [Bb] rave about?
[Eb] I've heard of [Bb] him at Camel Wheel and even [F] further out
_ [Bb] Yes, he's been tried by [D] desert men [Eb] and riders [Bb] from the gulf
[Eb] He said I'd give [Bb] my station to the man that calls his bluff
_ And as I strapped the [Eb] bridle on that proud and [Bb] shapely head
[Eb] I pictured [Bb] me as owner of his big [F] merino spread
_ _ [Bb] I threw my snide upholey on [Eb] and tightened [Bb] up the girth
[Eb] And as I stepped [Bb] as to ride him the big [F] horse left [Bb] this earth
_ He left the ground in one tight [Eb] ball as solid [Bb] as a stone
[Eb] And [Bb] all that I could see around was one big [F] blur of roam
I [Bb] hit him with my goosenecks [Eb] around the [Bb] shoulder points
[Eb] He twisted [Bb] like a reptile that [F] had a [Bb] million joints
_ He dropped his shoulders way down low [Eb] and chopped out to [Bb] the right
[Eb] He started [Bb] striking at the bit each time the [F] spurs did bite
_ I [Bb] thought I felt him weakened [Eb] so I [Bb] voiced a victory yell
[Eb] What happened then [Bb] I only know for those who saw it tell
So _ I rode away from the station [Eb] with my saddle and [Bb] my swag
[Eb] Strapped across the [Bb] bony framework of the same old [F] chestnut nag
And [Bb] just as I was leaving [Eb] he whinnied [Bb] loud and shrill
[Eb] And even [Bb] after all these years I [F] fancy I [Bb] hear him still
They still tell yonder bout him [Eb] around the [Bb] campfire blaze
[Eb] Of the noted [Bb] riders that he's thrown so many [F] different ways _
[Bb] And while I'm taking night [Eb] watch on a cattle [Bb] camp alone
[Eb] I try to figure [Bb] how I lost the battle [F] with [Bb] the roam
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ I came riding down the barwin' [Eb] with my saddle [Bb] and my swag
[Eb] Strapped across the [Bb] bony framework of a long-back [F] chestnut nag
_ [Bb] I was headed for a station [Eb] on the stock route [Bb] west of Bourke
[Eb] To tangle [Bb] with an outlaw horse well [F] known in [Bb] camp I talk
_ When I rode down to the stockyard [Eb] where they said I'd [Bb] find the boss
[Eb] Standing just [Bb] inside I saw the big, grown [F] outlaw horse
_ [Bb] He was just the kind of horse-flesh [Eb] a ringer [Bb] dreams about
[Eb] Game-eye and good, [Bb] strong shoulders and front legs well spaced out
_ _ _ I said, now boss, is that the [Eb] horse the ringers [Bb] rave about?
[Eb] I've heard of [Bb] him at Camel Wheel and even [F] further out
_ [Bb] Yes, he's been tried by [D] desert men [Eb] and riders [Bb] from the gulf
[Eb] He said I'd give [Bb] my station to the man that calls his bluff
_ And as I strapped the [Eb] bridle on that proud and [Bb] shapely head
[Eb] I pictured [Bb] me as owner of his big [F] merino spread
_ _ [Bb] I threw my snide upholey on [Eb] and tightened [Bb] up the girth
[Eb] And as I stepped [Bb] as to ride him the big [F] horse left [Bb] this earth
_ He left the ground in one tight [Eb] ball as solid [Bb] as a stone
[Eb] And [Bb] all that I could see around was one big [F] blur of roam
I [Bb] hit him with my goosenecks [Eb] around the [Bb] shoulder points
[Eb] He twisted [Bb] like a reptile that [F] had a [Bb] million joints
_ He dropped his shoulders way down low [Eb] and chopped out to [Bb] the right
[Eb] He started [Bb] striking at the bit each time the [F] spurs did bite
_ I [Bb] thought I felt him weakened [Eb] so I [Bb] voiced a victory yell
[Eb] What happened then [Bb] I only know for those who saw it tell
So _ I rode away from the station [Eb] with my saddle and [Bb] my swag
[Eb] Strapped across the [Bb] bony framework of the same old [F] chestnut nag
And [Bb] just as I was leaving [Eb] he whinnied [Bb] loud and shrill
[Eb] And even [Bb] after all these years I [F] fancy I [Bb] hear him still
They still tell yonder bout him [Eb] around the [Bb] campfire blaze
[Eb] Of the noted [Bb] riders that he's thrown so many [F] different ways _
[Bb] And while I'm taking night [Eb] watch on a cattle [Bb] camp alone
[Eb] I try to figure [Bb] how I lost the battle [F] with [Bb] the roam
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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