The Strawberry Roan Chords by Marty Robbins

[Start]

[Verse]
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■  I was hangin' 'round town just spendin' my time
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Out of a job not earnin' a dime
                         Ab            
A feller steps up and he said I suppose
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You're a bronc fighter from the looks of your clothes
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You figures me right I'm a good one I claim
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Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame
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Said he's got one a bad one to buck
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For throwin' good riders he's had lots of luck
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I gets all het up and I ask what he pays
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To ride this old nag for a couple of days
                    Ab               
He offered me ten I said I'm your man


[Chorus]
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A bronc never lived that I couldn't span
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He said Get your saddle I'll give you a chance
                                  Eb                 
In his buckboard we hopped and he drives to the ranch
                           Ab               
I stayed until mornin' and right after chuck
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I stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck


[Verse]
                         Bb7      Bb   
Down in the horse corral standin' alone
          Bb7       Eb             
Is an old Caballo a Strawberry Roan
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His legs are all spavined he's got pigeon toes
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Little pig eyes and a big Roman nose


[Chorus]
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Little pin ears that touched at the tip
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A big fortyfour brand was on his left hip
                       Ab            
Unecked and old with a long lower jaw
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I could see with one eye he's a regular outlaw


[Verse]
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I gets the blinds on him and it sure is a fright
                            Eb                  
Next comes the saddle and I screws it down tight
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Then I steps on him and I raises the blinds
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Get out the way boys he's gonna unwind
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He sure is a frogwalker he heaves a big sigh
                           Eb           
He only lacks wings for to be on the fly
                       Ab                 
He turns his old belly right up to the sun
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He sure is a sunfishin' son of a gun


[Chorus]
                                 Bb7              
He's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range
                           Eb                  
He'll turn on a nickel and give you some change
                         Ab             
He hits on all fours and goes up on high
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Leaves me a spinnin' up there in the sky
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I turns over twice and I comes back to earth
                          Eb              
I lights in a cussin' the day of his birth
                             Ab           
I know there are ponies that I cannot ride
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There's some of them left they haven't all died
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I'll bet all my money the man ain't alive
                      Bb7                               Eb  
That'll stay with Old Strawberry when he makes his high dive


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