Old Red chords by Dave Stamey
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Verse 1
(D major) Old Red was (A major) one of the (G major) ornery -est
yet I've (D major) seen at the big rodeo (A major)
He'd (D major) bite you and kick you
and (G major) stomp out your life
Old (A major) Red had never been rude (D major)
Meaner than sin,
wild (G major) as the wind that (D major) blew on the Montana (A major) plain
Poor (D major) Ed was (A major) one of the last (G major) of his breed
and he (A major) wasn't about to be tamed
From (G major) (D major) (G major) Idaho a (D major) young cowboy
came to ride (A major) in the big rodeo
(D major) The young cowboy's (G major)
name was (D major) Billy McClain,
and (A major) Billy had never been thrown (D major) (A major) (D major)
(A major) The (D major) greatest de (G major) sire filled
(D major) young Billy's heart,
to (A major) ride this old outlaw called (D major) Red
He drew him one (G major) day,
and I (D major) heard Billy say,
I'll (A major) ride him or drop over dead (D major)
Ol' Red was (G major) wicked down
(D major) there in the chutes
He was (A major) kickin' and stompin' about (D major)
Billy dropped (G major) into the side (D major) of the thieves
And he (A major) yelled, turn him loose,
let us out (D major) (G major)
(D major) Ol' (G major) Red came out with
his (D major) head on the ground
His (A major) backers were touchin' his (D major) nose
Tryin' to get (G major) rid of the (D major) man on his back
And the (A major) man went wherever he'd go (D major) (G major)
(D major) Billy was (G major) rakin' old Red (D major) with his spurs
From his (A major) tail to the tip of his chin (D major)
He was doin' right (G major) well,
but Billy (D major) could tell
This outlaw (A major) would never give in (D major)
And old Red was run (G major) ning
straight (D major) for the fence
Suddenly (A major) stopping and then (D major)
He reared on his hind (G major) legs
and fell on (D major) his back
Taking (A major) poor Billy with him (D major) (G major)
(D major) There (G major) was a hush in
the crowd (D major) and they knew
This (A major) would be Billy's last ride
(D major) The saddle horn crushed (G major)
Billy's chest (D major) as they fell
And (A major) under Old Red, Billy died (D major) (A major)
(D major) Old Red lay still, (G major) no (D major) more would he move
The (A major) cowboys who'd seen it could tell (D major)
In trying to throw (G major) Billy off (D major) of his back
Old (A major) Red broke his neck when they fell (G major)
(D major) Out (G major) in the west is the place (D major)
where they rest
This (A major) cowboy who never was thrown (D major)
And one foot away, (G major)
resting thereneath (D major) the clay
Is the (A major) outlaw that (D major) nev (A major) er was (D major) rolled you
Old Red
Dave Stamey
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