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Bronco Bill's Lament chords by
Don Mclean
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
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I coulda been most anything
C
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I put my mind to be,
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C
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But a cowboy's life was
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G

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D
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the only life for me.
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G

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B
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It's a strong man's occupation
C
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ridin' herd and livin' free,
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A
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But strong men often fail
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A

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Where shrewd men can prevail,
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G

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I'm an old man now with
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nothin' left to say,
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C

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G

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G

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D
D

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But oh god how I worked
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G

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my youth away.
Verse 2
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G

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Well you may not recognize my face,
C
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I used to be a star,
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A cowboy hero known both near and far.
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G

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B
B
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I perched upon a silver mount
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and sang with my guitar,
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A
A

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But the studio of course,
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A

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owned my saddle and my horse,
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But that six-gun on on the
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wall belongs to me,
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Oh god I can't live

a memory.
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G

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Verse 3

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You know I'd like to put my finger
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on that trigger once again,
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And point that gun at all the prideful men.
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B
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All the voyeurs and the lawyers
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who can pull a fountain pen,
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A
A

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And put you where they choose,
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With the language that they use,
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An d enslave you till you
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work your youth away,
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Oh god how I worked my
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youth away.
Verse 4
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Whoopee ty yioh
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Whoopee ty yi ay,
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A
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One man's work is another man's play
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Oh God how I worked my youth away.
Verse 5
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You see I always liked the notion
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of a cowboy fighting crime,
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This photograph was taken in my prime,
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B
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I could beat those desperados but
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there's no sense fightin' time,
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A
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But the singin' was a ball
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'Cause I'm not musical at all,
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I moved my lips to someone else's
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voice.
Verse 6
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I coulda been most anything
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I put my mind to be,
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But a cowboy's life was
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D
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the only life for me.
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G

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B
B
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It's a strong man's occupation
C
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ridin' herd and livin' free,
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A
A

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But strong men often fail
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Where shrewd men can prevail,
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I'm an old man now with
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nothin' left to say,
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But oh god how I worked my youth away.

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • A

  • B

    2

  • Am

  • E

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Bronco Bill's Lament by Don McLean is G major.

The primary chords used in Bronco Bill's Lament are G, Em, C, D, A, B.

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