Old Red chords by 
Marty Robbins 
Key: Eb major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Old Red was one
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of the orneriest yet
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I've 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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That blew on the Montana plain
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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
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Verse 3
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From Idaho a young cowboy came
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To ride in the big rodeo
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The young cowboy's name
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was Billy McClain
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And Billy had never been thrown
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Verse 4
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The greatest de sire filling
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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"
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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 kicking and stomping about
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Billy climbed in to the
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saddle with ease
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Then yelled "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 the man on his back
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But the man went wherever he'd go
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Verse 7
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Billy was rakin' Old Red with his spurs
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From his tail to the tip of his chin
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He was doin' right well,
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but Billy could tell
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This outlaw would never give in
Verse 8
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Old Red was runnin' straight
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for the fence
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Sud denly stoppin' and then
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He reared on his hind legs
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and fell on his back
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Tak in' poor Billy with him
Verse 9
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There was a hush in the
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crowd and they knew
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This would be Billy's last ride
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The saddle horn crushed Billy's
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chest when they fell
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And under Old Red Billy died
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Verse 10
Old Red lay still,
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no more would he move
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The cow boys that seen it could tell
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In tryin' to throw Billy off of his back
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Old Red broke his neck when he fell
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Verse 11
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Out in the West is the
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place where they rest
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This cowboy that never was thrown
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And one foot away restin'
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there 'neath the clay
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Is the outlaw that never was rode
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