(song in 6/8 time)
Chords by maceo: mace0.miller@yahoo.com
Capo 2nd fret
(all chords relative to capo)
(1x) = 1 half of a measure
(2x) = 2 halfs of a measure ..
Em 022000
Em[2] X79987
Am X02210
C X32010
c/B X22010
Dm xx0231
Dm[2] X57765
in the first part of the song he sometimes
plays hammer-ons with some of the chord-notes:
000000
Em 022000
X00000
Am X02210
(listen to the song for the rhythm)
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The real people went away
Em Am
But I'll find a better word, someday
Em
Leaving only me and my dreams
Am (5x) Em[2] (3x) Em
My cattle....... and a resonator
I drove all the beast down right under your nose
The lumbering footloose power
Am (5x)
The bull and the rose
Em[2] (3x) Em
Don't touch them don't try to hurt them
Am (5x) Em[2] (3x) Em
My cattle....................ts ts
C Am C Am
I drove them by the crops and thought the crops were lost
C Am Em
I consoled myself with rudimentary thoughts
C Am C Am
And I set my watch against the city clock
Em
It was way off
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G C c/B Am C
Yeah one thing about this wild, wild country
G
It takes a strong, strong
C c/B Am C
It breaks a strong, strong mind :||
G C
And anything less, anything less
c/B Am C
Makes me feel like I'm wasting my time
Em Am Em Am
But the pain and frustration, is not mine
Em Am Em
It belongs to the cattle, through the valley
Dm (or D5 etc.)
And when my cattle turns on me
Am Em
I was knocked back flat
Dm Am Em
I was knocked out cold for one clack of the train track
Dm Am Em
Then I rose a colossal hand buried, buried in sand
Am Em
I rose like a drover
Am Em
For I am in the end a drover
Am Em
A drover by trade
Am Em
When my cattle turns on me
Am Em Am (4X) Em[2] (4x)
I am a drover, double fold
Em[2]
My cattle bears it all away for me and everyone
Dm[2] Am
One, one, one, one, one, one, one ...(another 8 times)
(as above)
G C c/B Am C
Yeah one thing about this wild, wild country
G
It takes a strong, strong
C c/B Am C
It breaks a strong, strong mind
G C
And anything less, anything less
c/B Am C Em
Makes me feel like I'm wasting my time
END
