Re
Re La7
I was hangin' 'round town, just spendin' my time
Re
Out of a job, not earnin' a dime
Re7 Sol
A feller steps up and he said, "I suppose
La7 Re
You're a bronc fighter from looks of your clothes."
La7
"You figures me right, I'm a good one." I claim
Re
"Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame?"
Re7 Sol
Said "He's got one, a bad one to buck
La7 Re
At throwin' good riders, he's had lots of luck."
Re La7
I gets all het up and I ask what he pays
Re
To ride this old nag for a couple of days
Sol
He offered me ten; I said, "I'm your man,
La Re
A bronc never lived that I couldn't span."
Re La7
He said: "Get your saddle, I'll give you a chance"
Re
In his buckboard we hopped and he drives to the ranch
Sol
I stayed 'til mornin' and right after chuck
Re La7 Re
I stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck
Re La7
Down in the horse corral standin' alone
Re
Is an old Caballo, a Strawberry Roan
Sol
His legs are all spavined, he's got pigeon toes
La Re
Little pig eyes and a big Roman nose
Re La7
Little pin ears that touched at the tip
Re
A big 44 brand was on his left hip
Sol
U-necked and old, with a long, lower jaw
Re La7 Re
I could see with one eye, he's a regular outlaw
Re La7
I gets the blinds on 'im and it sure is a fright
Re
Next comes the saddle and I screws it down tight
Sol
Then I steps on 'im and I raises the blinds
La Re
Get outta the way boys, he's gonna unwind
La7
He sure is a frog-walker, he heaves a big sigh
Re
He only lacks wings, for to be on the fly
Sol
He turns his old belly right up to the sun
Re La7 Re
He sure is a sun-fishin', son-of-a-gun
Re La7
He's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range
Re
He'll turn on a Nickel and give you some change
Sol
He hits on all fours and goes up on high
La Re
Leaves me a spinnin' up there in the sky
La7
I turns over twice and I comes back to earth
Re
I lights in a cussin' the day of his birth
Sol
I know there are ponies that I cannot ride
La Re
There's some of them left, they haven't all died
La
I'll bet all my money, the man ain't alive
That'll stay with Old Strawberry
Re
when he makes his high dive
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