Rodeo Rose chords by Fred Eaglesmith

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Intro 1

They say

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that a man
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just doesn't grow up
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'Til he's forty odd years old
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Such was the case
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of young Kelly James
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And everybody knows
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He had a place on the back stretch
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Out near the race track
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Made money on the horses he broke
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Had him a girl that he loved dearly
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Name of Rodeo Rose
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Verse 2
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Young Kelly James and Rodeo Rose
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They lived heart to heart
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And up and down the street
s of our town
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You would never see them apart
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'Til one day Rodeo
Rose up and left him
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And she never came back again
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To this very day when you
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ask Kelly James
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He says he doesn't
understand
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Verse 3
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'Cause she wanted him crazy
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But not that crazy
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Em 
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Wild, but not that wild
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And they were go ing to settle down
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and get married some day
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And maybe have themselves
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a child
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Breaking horses and dealing in cattle
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And living way over the edge
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With the possibility he might
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always stay free
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And she couldn't take
the chance
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Verse 4
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Young Kelly James stayed in that place
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And everything worked out alright
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'Cept he'd go out drinking
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and shooting up the town
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On some odd Saturday night
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And they'd throw him in jail
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And I'd go down and get him
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And I'd put him back out on the street
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And he'd stay straight,
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and he'd be okay
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For another couple of weeks

Verse 5
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'Cause she wanted him crazy
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But not that crazy
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Wild, but not that wild
And they were going to settle
down and get married someday
And maybe have themselves a child
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Breaking horses and dealing
in cattle
And living way over the edge
With the possibility he might
always stay free
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An d she couldn't take the chance

Verse 6
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Rodeo Rose, now, she lives in the suburbs
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In a house with a two car
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garage
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She's got a steady husband
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And a couple of children
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And nothing hardly ever goes wrong
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'Cept Rodeo Rose,
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she drinks too much, too
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And when she does, she gets wild
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She gets crying about horses,
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and underfed cattle
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And always a month behind

Verse 7
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D 
'Cause she wanted him crazy
A 
But not that crazy
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Bm 
Wild, but not that wild
A 
D 
And they were going to settle down
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and get married some day
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And maybe have themselves
Bm 
A 
a child
D 
A 
Breaking horses and dealing in cattle
G 
Bm 
And living way over the edge
A 
D 
With the possibility he might
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always stay free
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And she couldn't take the chance
Bm 

Verse 8
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With the possibility he might
always stay free
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And she couldn't take
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the chance
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D 
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They say that a man just
doesn't grow up
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'Til he's forty odd years old
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