Bronco Bill's Lament chords by Don McLean

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Verse 1
G 
Em 
I coulda been most anything
C 
D 
G 
I put my mind to be,
A 
C 
But a cowboy's life was
G 
D 
the only life for me.
G 
B 
It's a strong man's occupation
C 
Am 
ridin' herd and livin' free,
Em 
A 
But strong men often fail
Em 
A 
Where shrewd men can prevail,
C 
G 
Am 
I'm an old man now with
D 
nothin' left to say,
C 
G 
Am 
G 
D 
But oh god how I  worked
G 
my youth away.

Verse 2
G 
Em 
Well you may not recognize my face,
C 
D 
G 
I  used to be a star,
A 
C 
G 
D 
A cowboy hero known both near and far.
G 
B 
I perched upon a silver mount
C 
Am 
and sang with my guitar,
Em 
A 
But the studio of course,
Em 
A 
owned my saddle and my horse,
C 
But that six-gun on on the
Am 
D 
wall belongs to me,
C 
G 
Am 
G 
D 
Oh god I   can't live
a memory.
G 

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Verse 3
Em 
You know I'd like to put my finger
C 
D 
G 
on that trigger once again,
A 
C 
G 
D 
And point that gun at all the prideful men.
G 
B 
All the voyeurs and the lawyers
C 
Am 
who can pull a fountain pen,
Em 
A 
And put you where they choose,
Em 
A 
With the language that they use,
C 
Em 
Am 
An d enslave you till you
D 
work your youth away,
C 
Em 
Am 
G 
C 
Oh god how I  worked my
D 
youth away.

Verse 4

Whoopee ty yioh

Whoopee ty yi ay,

One man's work is another man's play

Oh God how I worked my youth away.

Verse 5
G 
D 
Em 
You see I always liked the notion
C 
D 
G 
of a cowboy fighting crime,
A 
C 
G 
This photograph was taken in my prime,
D 
G 
B 
I could beat those desperados but
C 
Am 
there's no sense fightin' time,
Em 
A 
But the singin' was a ball
Em 
A 
'Cause I'm not musical at all,
C 
Em 
Am 
D 
I moved my  lips to  someone else's
G 
Em 
C 
D 
G 
A 
C 
G 
D 
voice.

Verse 6
G 
Em 
I coulda been most anything
C 
D 
G 
I put my mind to be,
A 
C 
But a cowboy's life was
G 
D 
the only life for me.
G 
B 
It's a strong man's occupation
C 
Am 
ridin' herd and livin' free,
Em 
A 
But strong men often fail
Em 
A 
Where shrewd men can prevail,
C 
G 
Am 
I'm an old man now with
D 
nothin' left to say,
C 
G 
Am 
C 
D 
But oh god how I  worked my youth away.