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The Strawberry Roan by Marty Robbins - Guitar Chords

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            The Strawberry Roan
Marty Robbins

Play with an alternating bass.


[Intro]
D

[Verse 1]
       D                         A7
I was hangin' 'round town, just spendin' my time
                   D
Out of a job, not earnin' a dime
   D7                     G
A feller steps up and he said, "I suppose
 A7                          D
You're a bronc fighter from looks of your clothes."
                              A7
"You figures me right, I'm a good one." I claim
                            D
"Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame?"
 D7                    G
Said "He's got one, a bad one to buck
     A7                                    D
At throwin' good riders, he's had lots of luck."

[Verse 2]
  D                      A7
I gets all het up and I ask what he pays
                            D
To ride this old nag for a couple of days
                          G
He offered me ten; I said, "I'm your man,
   A                                  D
A bronc never lived that I couldn't span."
  D                         A7
He said: "Get your saddle, I'll give you a chance"
                                      D
In his buckboard we hopped and he drives to the ranch
                            G
I stayed 'til mornin' and right after chuck
  D                         A7            D
I stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck

[Verse 3]
  D                         A7
Down in the horse corral standin' alone
                          D
Is an old Caballo, a Strawberry Roan
                                 G
His legs are all spavined, he's got pigeon toes
   A                   D
Little pig eyes and a big Roman nose
  D                     A7
Little pin ears that touched at the tip
                   D
A big 44 brand was on his left hip
                           G
U-necked and old, with a long, lower jaw
 D                         A7               D
I could see with one eye, he's a regular outlaw

[Verse 4]
  D                         A7
I gets the blinds on 'im and it sure is a fright
                               D
Next comes the saddle and I screws it down tight
                             G
Then I steps on 'im and I raises the blinds
    A                   D
Get outta the way boys, he's gonna unwind
                              A7
He sure is a frog-walker, he heaves a big sigh
                            D
He only lacks wings, for to be on the fly
                             G
He turns his old belly right up to the sun
 D                         A7       D
He sure is a sun-fishin', son-of-a-gun

[Verse 5]
 D                         A7
He's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range
                            D
He'll turn on a Nickel and give you some change
                           G
He hits on all fours and goes up on high
   A                      D
Leaves me a spinnin' up there in the sky
                          A7
I turns over twice and I comes back to earth
                           D
I lights in a cussin' the day of his birth
                             G
I know there are ponies that I cannot ride
          A                       D
There's some of them left, they haven't all died
                            A
I'll bet all my money, the man ain't alive
                                                         D
That'll stay with Old Strawberry when he makes his high dive 
        

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