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south dakota chords by 
James Mcmurtry 
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Key: G major•BPM: 82
Verse 1
G
C
G
It was the 23rd of May and I
heard the sergeant say,
C
"Fuck it, round up the usual
G
suspects and call it a day
D
We've got no time to mess around
C
And I'm not dy ing in this shit hole
G
C
G
town for a soldier's pay"
Verse 2
G
It was too good to be true,
but my discharge came through
C
And I was on the first bird
G
out that I could find
D
C
Rode that C- 17 into Stuttgart
Am
Fall roundup on my mind
G
C
Verse 3
G
When my brothers picked me up
We got way deep in our cups
C
G
We must've tore old Rapid city down
D
My big brother Jack said "Boy
C
it's good to see you back
G
What you gonna do now,
what you gonna do now?"
D
Because there ain't
Verse 4
much between
G
C
the Pole and South Dakota
D
C
G
And barbed wire won't stop the wind
A
Am
You won't get nothing
here but broke and older
C
D
If I was you I might re- up again
G
C
Verse 5
G
Well, we had good rain this year
Dad fed in some charolais steers
C
Got them way cheap out of Texas
G
Because of the drouth
D
We put them out on oats
C
They hadn't yet grown their
G
winter coats away down south
Verse 6
G
It was barely even fall
But that blizzard got them all
C
Left them sprawled across
G
the pasture Stiff as boards
D
You take a sharp knife in your hand
C
Skin them out while you still can
G
And curse the lord
D
C
Curse the lord
Interlude 1
G
D
G
Am
C
D
G
C
G
D
G
D
G
Am
C
D
G
C
G
C
These old
Verse 7
G
hides are not worth much
So we'll pitch them off the truck
C
Pile them up by the horse
G
trough in the lot
D
Because they sell by the pound
C
They weigh like lead if you
wet them down
G
And they're all we got
Verse 8
G
With a gas lease or two
we might've just made due
C
But there's nothing under this
G
ground worth a dime
D
Now the sheriff's on his way
C
and it's damn sure not our day
G
It's just our time
Outro 1
G
D
C
G
D
G
Am
C
D
G
D
G
C
G
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