Bronco Bill's Lament

Bronco Bill's Lament easy guitar chords by Don Mclean

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E A D G B E

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  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • A

  • B

    2
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  • E

  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • A

  • B

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  • Verse 1
    coulda been 
    most 
    anything 

    put my 
    mind 
    to 
    be, 

    But 
    cowboy's 
    life 
    was 

    the only 
    life 
    for 
    me. 

    It's 
    strong 
    man's 
    oc
    cupation 

    ridin' 
    herd 
    and 
    livin' 
    free, 

    But 
    strong 
    men 
    often 
    fail 

    Where 
    shrewd 
    men 
    can 
    prevail, 

    I'm an 
    old 
    man 
    now 
    with 

    nothin' 
    left 
    to 
    say, 

    But 
    oh 
    god 
    how 
    worked 

    my 
    youth 
    away. 

    Verse 2
    Well 
    you 
    may not 
    recog
    nize 
    my 
    face, 

    used 
    to be 
    a star, 

    cowboy 
    hero 
    known 
    both 
    near 
    and 
    far. 

    perched 
    upon 
    sil
    ver 
    mount 

    and sang 
    with 
    my 
    gui
    tar, 

    But the 
    studio 
    of 
    course, 

    owned 
    my 
    saddle 
    and my 
    horse, 

    But that 
    six-gun 
    on 
    on the 

    wall 
    belong
    s to 
    me, 

    Oh 
    god 
    can
    't 
    live 

    a memory. 

    Verse 3

    You know 
    I'd 
    like 
    to 
    put my 
    finger 

    on 
    that 
    trigger 
    once 
    again, 

    And 
    point 
    that 
    gun 
    at all 
    the prideful 
    men. 

    All 
    the 
    voyeurs and the 
    lawyers 

    who 
    can 
    pull 
    a fountain 
    pen, 

    And 
    put 
    you 
    where 
    they 
    choose, 

    With 
    the language 
    that they 
    use, 

    An
    d enslave 
    you till 
    you 

    work 
    your 
    youth 
    away, 

    Oh 
    god 
    how 
    worked 
    my 

    youth 
    away. 

    Verse 4
    Whoopee 
    ty 
    yioh 

    Whoopee ty 
    yi ay, 

    One 
    man's 
    work 
    is 
    another 
    man's 
    play 

    Oh 
    God 
    how 
    worked 
    my 
    youth 
    away. 

    Verse 5
    You 
    see 
    always 
    liked the 
    notion 

    of 
    a cowboy 
    fighting 
    crime, 

    This 
    photograph 
    was 
    taken 
    in my 
    prime, 


    I could 
    beat 
    those 
    des
    perados 
    but 

    there's 
    no 
    sense 
    fightin' 
    time, 

    But the 
    singin' 
    was 
    a ball 

    'Cause 
    I'm 
    not 
    musical 
    at 
    all, 

    moved 
    my 
    lips 
    to 
    someone 
    else's 


    voice. 

    Verse 6
    I coulda 
    been 
    most 
    anything 

    put 
    my 
    mind 
    to be, 

    But 
    cowboy's 
    life 
    was 

    the only 
    life 
    for 
    me. 

    It's a 
    strong 
    man's 
    occu
    pation 

    ridin' 
    herd 
    and livin' 
    free, 

    But 
    strong 
    men 
    often 
    fail 

    Where shrewd 
    men 
    can 
    prevail, 

    I'm 
    an old 
    man 
    now 
    with 

    nothin' 
    left 
    to 
    say, 

    But 
    oh 
    god 
    how 
    worked 
    my 
    youth 
    away. 

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