Chords for Wilf Carter - The Strawberry Roan (1956).
Tempo:
103.7 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [G]
[C] I was hanging around town [G] just to spendin' me time
Out of a job [C] and not a makin' a dime
When a feller steps up [F] and he said, I suppose
[G] You're a bronc fighter by the looks of your clothes
[C] Well, he guesses me right [G] and a good one, I claim
I ask him if he had [C] any bad ends to tame
He said, I've a bad one [F] that really can buck
[G] And throwing all cowboys, having great luck
Well, [C] I gets real excited, [G] I ask what he'd pay
If I'd ride that pony [C] a couple of days
He said, ten bucks, and [F] I said, I'm your man
[G] I'd never seen a pony that I couldn't fan
[C] Stayed until morning [G] and right after juck
I goes down to see [C] if that pony could buck
There in the horse [F] corral standing alone
[G] Was a little old cavallo, a strawberry roe
[C] And his legs were all spaven, [G] he had pigeon toes
Little pin eyes [C] and a big Roman nose
Little short ears [F] that were split at the tips
[G] And a map of Chihuahua all over his hip
[C] He was ewe-necked and [G] old, had a big lower jaw
You could tell with one eye [C] he was a regular outlaw
I buckled on me [F] spurs, was sure feelin' fine
[G] Pulled down me old hat and I gathered me [C] twine
Piles of rope on [G] him and boys I knew then
Before he gets rode, [C] well I'll sure earn me ten
First come the [F] blind, oh say what a [G] fight
Next come the old saddle, I screwed her down tight
[C] I crawls to his middle [G] and I lifted the blind
Get out of the way [C] boy and let him unwind
He went to frog [F] walkin' and he heaves a great [G] sigh
He only lack wings for to be on the [C] fly
Turns that old belly [G] right up to the sun
You old sun [C]-fishin', you son of a gun
Was the worst bucker [F] I had seen on the range
[G] He could turn on a nickel and give you your change
[C] Go up in the air, [G] roll around on his side
I don't see what kept him [C] from losin' his hide
Loses me stirrups [F] and also my hat
[G] Clawin' for leather as blind as a bat
[C] Then all of a sudden [G] he went up on high
He left me a-sittin' [C] way up in the sky
Turned over twice, [F] I come back to earth
[G] I sit there a-cussin' the day of his birth
[C] There's ponies right there I [G] ain't able to ride
There's one of them left boy, [C] they ain't all died
I'll bet my money [F] there's no man alive
That [G] can ride old Strawberry when he takes that [C] high dive
[C] I was hanging around town [G] just to spendin' me time
Out of a job [C] and not a makin' a dime
When a feller steps up [F] and he said, I suppose
[G] You're a bronc fighter by the looks of your clothes
[C] Well, he guesses me right [G] and a good one, I claim
I ask him if he had [C] any bad ends to tame
He said, I've a bad one [F] that really can buck
[G] And throwing all cowboys, having great luck
Well, [C] I gets real excited, [G] I ask what he'd pay
If I'd ride that pony [C] a couple of days
He said, ten bucks, and [F] I said, I'm your man
[G] I'd never seen a pony that I couldn't fan
[C] Stayed until morning [G] and right after juck
I goes down to see [C] if that pony could buck
There in the horse [F] corral standing alone
[G] Was a little old cavallo, a strawberry roe
[C] And his legs were all spaven, [G] he had pigeon toes
Little pin eyes [C] and a big Roman nose
Little short ears [F] that were split at the tips
[G] And a map of Chihuahua all over his hip
[C] He was ewe-necked and [G] old, had a big lower jaw
You could tell with one eye [C] he was a regular outlaw
I buckled on me [F] spurs, was sure feelin' fine
[G] Pulled down me old hat and I gathered me [C] twine
Piles of rope on [G] him and boys I knew then
Before he gets rode, [C] well I'll sure earn me ten
First come the [F] blind, oh say what a [G] fight
Next come the old saddle, I screwed her down tight
[C] I crawls to his middle [G] and I lifted the blind
Get out of the way [C] boy and let him unwind
He went to frog [F] walkin' and he heaves a great [G] sigh
He only lack wings for to be on the [C] fly
Turns that old belly [G] right up to the sun
You old sun [C]-fishin', you son of a gun
Was the worst bucker [F] I had seen on the range
[G] He could turn on a nickel and give you your change
[C] Go up in the air, [G] roll around on his side
I don't see what kept him [C] from losin' his hide
Loses me stirrups [F] and also my hat
[G] Clawin' for leather as blind as a bat
[C] Then all of a sudden [G] he went up on high
He left me a-sittin' [C] way up in the sky
Turned over twice, [F] I come back to earth
[G] I sit there a-cussin' the day of his birth
[C] There's ponies right there I [G] ain't able to ride
There's one of them left boy, [C] they ain't all died
I'll bet my money [F] there's no man alive
That [G] can ride old Strawberry when he takes that [C] high dive
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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ I was hanging around town [G] just to spendin' me time
Out of a job [C] and not a makin' a dime
When a feller steps up [F] and he said, I suppose
[G] You're a bronc fighter by the looks of your clothes
[C] Well, he guesses me right [G] and a good one, I claim
I ask him if he had [C] any bad ends to tame
He said, I've a bad one [F] that really can buck
[G] And throwing all cowboys, having great luck
Well, [C] I gets real excited, [G] I ask what he'd pay
If I'd ride that pony [C] a couple of days
He said, ten bucks, and [F] I said, I'm your man
[G] I'd never seen a pony that I couldn't fan
[C] Stayed until morning [G] and right after juck
I goes down to see [C] if that pony could buck
There in the horse [F] corral standing alone
[G] Was a little old cavallo, a strawberry roe
[C] And his legs were all spaven, [G] he had pigeon toes
Little pin eyes [C] and a big Roman nose
Little short ears [F] that were split at the tips
[G] And a map of Chihuahua all over his hip
[C] He was ewe-necked and [G] old, had a big lower jaw
You could tell with one eye [C] he was a regular outlaw
I buckled on me [F] spurs, was sure feelin' fine
[G] Pulled down me old hat and I gathered me [C] twine
Piles of rope on [G] him and boys I knew then
Before he gets rode, [C] well I'll sure earn me ten
First come the [F] blind, oh say what a [G] fight
Next come the old saddle, I screwed her down tight
[C] I crawls to his middle [G] and I lifted the blind
Get out of the way [C] boy and let him unwind
He went to frog [F] walkin' and he heaves a great [G] sigh
He only lack wings for to be on the [C] fly
Turns that old belly [G] right up to the sun
You old sun [C]-fishin', you son of a gun
Was the worst bucker [F] I had seen on the range
[G] He could turn on a nickel and give you your change
[C] Go up in the air, [G] roll around on his side
I don't see what kept him [C] from losin' his hide
Loses me stirrups [F] and also my hat
[G] Clawin' for leather as blind as a bat
[C] Then all of a sudden [G] he went up on high
He left me a-sittin' [C] way up in the sky
Turned over twice, [F] I come back to earth
[G] I sit there a-cussin' the day of his birth
[C] There's ponies right there I [G] ain't able to ride
There's one of them left boy, [C] they ain't all died
I'll bet my money [F] there's no man alive
That [G] can ride old Strawberry when he takes that [C] high dive
_ [C] _ _ I was hanging around town [G] just to spendin' me time
Out of a job [C] and not a makin' a dime
When a feller steps up [F] and he said, I suppose
[G] You're a bronc fighter by the looks of your clothes
[C] Well, he guesses me right [G] and a good one, I claim
I ask him if he had [C] any bad ends to tame
He said, I've a bad one [F] that really can buck
[G] And throwing all cowboys, having great luck
Well, [C] I gets real excited, [G] I ask what he'd pay
If I'd ride that pony [C] a couple of days
He said, ten bucks, and [F] I said, I'm your man
[G] I'd never seen a pony that I couldn't fan
[C] Stayed until morning [G] and right after juck
I goes down to see [C] if that pony could buck
There in the horse [F] corral standing alone
[G] Was a little old cavallo, a strawberry roe
[C] And his legs were all spaven, [G] he had pigeon toes
Little pin eyes [C] and a big Roman nose
Little short ears [F] that were split at the tips
[G] And a map of Chihuahua all over his hip
[C] He was ewe-necked and [G] old, had a big lower jaw
You could tell with one eye [C] he was a regular outlaw
I buckled on me [F] spurs, was sure feelin' fine
[G] Pulled down me old hat and I gathered me [C] twine
Piles of rope on [G] him and boys I knew then
Before he gets rode, [C] well I'll sure earn me ten
First come the [F] blind, oh say what a [G] fight
Next come the old saddle, I screwed her down tight
[C] I crawls to his middle [G] and I lifted the blind
Get out of the way [C] boy and let him unwind
He went to frog [F] walkin' and he heaves a great [G] sigh
He only lack wings for to be on the [C] fly
Turns that old belly [G] right up to the sun
You old sun [C]-fishin', you son of a gun
Was the worst bucker [F] I had seen on the range
[G] He could turn on a nickel and give you your change
[C] Go up in the air, [G] roll around on his side
I don't see what kept him [C] from losin' his hide
Loses me stirrups [F] and also my hat
[G] Clawin' for leather as blind as a bat
[C] Then all of a sudden [G] he went up on high
He left me a-sittin' [C] way up in the sky
Turned over twice, [F] I come back to earth
[G] I sit there a-cussin' the day of his birth
[C] There's ponies right there I [G] ain't able to ride
There's one of them left boy, [C] they ain't all died
I'll bet my money [F] there's no man alive
That [G] can ride old Strawberry when he takes that [C] high dive