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Old Red

Old Red easy guitar chords by Chris Ledoux

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E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

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Capo
  • G

  • C

  • D

  • A

  • E

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • A

  • E

  • Verse 1
    G
    C

    Old Red was one of the orneriest yet
    G
    D

    I'd seen at the big rodeo
    G

    He'd bite you and kick you
    C

    and stomp out your life
    D
    G

    Old Red had never been rode
    Verse 2
    G
    C

    Meaner than sin, wild as the wind
    G
    D

    That blew on the Montana plains
    G
    C

    Old Red was one of the last of his breed
    D
    G

    And wasn't about to be tamed
    Verse 3
    C
    G

    From Idaho a young cowboy came
    D
    G

    To ride in the big rodeo

    The young cowboy's
    C
    G

    name was Billy McClain
    D
    G

    And Billy had never been thrown
    Verse 4
    G
    C

    The greatest desire filled
    G

    young Billy's heart
    D
    G

    To ride this old outlaw called Red
    C

    He drew him one day and
    G

    I heard Billy say
    D
    G

    "I'll ride him or drop over dead"
    Verse 5
    G
    C

    Old Red was wicked down
    G

    there in the chute
    D
    G

    He was kickin' and stompin' about
    C
    G

    Billy dropped into the saddle with ease
    D
    G

    And said, "Turn him loose let us out"
    Verse 6
    C

    Old Red came out with his
    G

    head on the ground
    D

    His back hooves were
    G

    touching his nose
    C

    Tryin' to get rid of
    G

    the man of his back
    D
    G

    But the man went wherever he'd go
    A

    Verse 7
    A
    D
    A

    Billy was rakin' old Red with his spurs
    E
    A

    From his tail to the tip of his chin
    D
    A

    He was doin' right well but Billy could tell
    E
    A

    This outlaw would never give in
    Verse 8
    A
    D

    Old Red was bucking
    A

    straight for the fence
    E
    A

    Suddenly stopped in and then
    D

    He reared on his hind legs
    A

    then fell on his back
    E
    A

    Taking poor Billy with him
    Verse 9
    D

    There was a hush in the crowd
    A
    E

    For they knew this would be
    A

    Billy's last ride
    D
    A

    The saddle horn crushed Billy's chest
    E
    A

    When they fell and under old Red Billy died
    Verse 10
    A
    D
    A

    Old Red lay still no more

    would he move
    E
    A

    The cowboys that seen it could tell
    D
    A

    In tryin' to throw Billy off of his back
    E
    A

    Old Red broke his neck when he fell
    Verse 11
    D
    A

    Out in the west is the place

    where they rest
    E
    A

    This cowboy that never was thrown
    D

    And one foot away resting
    A

    there neath the clay
    E
    A

    Is the outlaw that never was rode

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