Old Red chords by
Chris Ledoux

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Key: Bb major•

Verse 1

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Old Red was one of the orneriest yet

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F

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I'd seen at the big rodeo

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He'd bite you and kick you

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and stomp out your life

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Old Red had never been rode

Verse 2

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Meaner than sin, wild as the wind

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F

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That blew on the Montana plains

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Old Red was one of the last of his breed

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And wasn't about to be tamed

Verse 3

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From Idaho a young cowboy came

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To ride in the big rodeo

The young cowboy's

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name was Billy McClain

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And Billy had never been thrown

Verse 4

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The greatest desire filled

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young Billy's heart

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To ride this old outlaw called Red

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He drew him one day and

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I heard Billy say

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"I'll ride him or drop over dead"

Verse 5

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Old Red was wicked down

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there in the chute

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He was kickin' and stompin' about

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Billy dropped into the saddle with ease

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And said, "Turn him loose let us out "

Verse 6

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Old Red came out with his

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head on the ground

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His back hooves were

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touching his nose

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Tryin' to get rid of

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the man of his back

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But the man went wherever he'd go

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Verse 7

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F

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C

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Billy was rakin' old Red with his spurs

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C

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From his tail to the tip of his chin

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C

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He was doin' right well but Billy could tell

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This outlaw would never give in

Verse 8

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Old Red was bucking

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straight for the fence

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C

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Suddenly stopped in and then

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He reared on his hind legs

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then fell on his back

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C

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Taking poor Billy with him

Verse 9

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There was a hush in the crowd

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For they knew this would be

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Billy's last ride

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C

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The saddle horn crushed Billy's chest

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C

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When they fell and under old Red Billy died

Verse 10

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F

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Old Red lay still no more

would he move

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C

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The cowboys that seen it could tell

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C

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In tryin' to throw Billy off of his back

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C

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Old Red broke his neck when he fell

Verse 11

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C

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Out in the west is the place

where they rest

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C

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This cowboy that never was thrown

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And one foot away resting

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there neath the clay

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C

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Is the outlaw that never was rode

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ChordsBb Eb F C G

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Chords

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