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
and 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 a 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, dusty sand
Cm Eb F Ab
the battle starts and rages on beneath the burnin sun
Cm F G Cm
the cowoboy tried but couldn't ride this yellow outlaw stud.
[4th verse] Spoken only
Cm Eb F Ab
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
(sing)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 few open and the stud had 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
as he went down his backbone snapped
G Cm
the yellow stud lay still
[7th verse] Spoken only
Cm Eb F Ab
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
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