Chris LeDoux – Yellow Outlaw Stud (Guitar)
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Transpose -3 and capo 3 for the easiest chord shapes
[1st Verse]
Cm Eb F Ab Somewhere on the prairie a yellow stud runs free Cm Eb G G Runnin' through the sagebrush down through the coolies Cm Eb F Ab There not far behind him, a cowboy rides along Cm F G Cm He's gonna try to catch him and break him for his own
[2nd Verse]
Cm Eb F Ab The chase goes on all mornin' and late into the day Cm Eb G G The cowboy changes horses he staked along the way Cm Eb F Ab The stud is growin' weaker now and gettin' short of wind Cm F G Cm He runs into the trap corral, the cowboy shuts him in
[3rd Verse]
Cm Eb F Ab The yellow stud with wild eyes, the feared, hated man Cm Eb G G Finally standin' face to face in the hot and dusty sand Cm Eb F Ab The battle starts and rages on beneath the burnin' sun Cm F G Cm The cowboy tried but couldn't ride that yellow outlaw stud
[4th Verse] (Spoken)
Cm Eb F Ab So he sold him to a rodeo, and it spread thoughout the land Cm Eb G G The legend of this yellow stud, the baddest of the bad Cm Eb F Ab (Sung) And then one day at Cheyenne we knew it had to come Cm F G Cm The best of all bronc riders, he drew that yellow stud
[5th Verse]
Cm Eb F Ab The wooden gate flew open and the stud he bailed out high Cm Eb G G An explosion of yellow horse seemed to fill the sky Cm Eb F Ab The stud kept gettin' stronger and thrashin' up the earth Cm F G Cm The cowboy blew a stirrup and crashed into the dirt
[6th Verse]
Cm Eb F Ab So violently the stud had bucked that he slipped and fell Cm F G Cm As he went down his backbone snapped, the yellow stud lay still
[7th Verse] (Spoken)
Cm Eb F Ab Well, as the cowboys gathered round him, I heard one of 'em say Cm Eb G There'll never be another bronc like the one that died today Cm Eb F Ab (Sung) But out there on the prairie there's a mare with mustang blood Cm F G Cm And a colt runs close beside her, a yellow outlaw stud