Tom Russell - Bucking Horse Moon
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D Em C
Down a one lane road, there’s a dusty fairground
G D G
Where I learned the bronc trade, I fell in love
D Em C
With a blue eyed twister and her smoky whisper
G D G
She said they call me the Cimarron Dove
[Verse 2]
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We’d spool our bedrolls on down together
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My calloused hands comb through her hair
D Em C
She’d stare at a star through an old mesquite tree
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“See that moon shadow, there’s a bucking horse there”
[Chorus]
Am7 G
Sweet bird of youth, no easy keeper
Am7 C D
Flown with the seasons, all too soon
C Bm
Beneath Montana's blue roan sky
Am C G
Nevada’s starlight and a bucking horse moon
[Verse 3]
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Our love reeled out like a western movie
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Down hard worn highways, through the rodeo towns
D Em C
Wrapped in her wings, for the midnight flying
G D G
That bucking horse moon kept shining down
[Bridge]
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Bucking horse moon on the hood of the truck
C G
She’d smile and say, “That means good luck”
Em Bm
Bucking horse shadow, through the purple sage
C D
We’ll ride forever, our love won’t age
[Verse 4]
G D Em C
But heart and bones are made for breaking
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The Cimarron Dove’s flown with the wind
D Em C
Then a bronc in Prescott, rolled on my back
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I’ll never ride rough-stock again
[Chorus]
Am7 G
Sweet bird of youth, no easy keeper
Am7 C D
Flown with the seasons, all too soon
C Bm
Beneath Montana's blue roan sky
Am C G Am C G
Nevada’s starlight and a bucking horse moon
[Verse 6]
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I lost my youth on the dusty fairgrounds
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I’m an old bronc fighter, long past high noon
D Em C
But on a haunted night-wind, I can hear her whispering
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As I search the heavens, for the bucking horse moon
G D G
The Cimarron Dove and the bucking horse moon
[Chorus]
Am7 G
Sweet bird of youth, no easy keeper
Am7 C D
Flown with the seasons, all too soon
C Bm
Beneath Montana's blue roan sky
Am C G Am C G
Nevada’s starlight and a bucking horse moon
Am C G Am C G
My omen sundown and a bucking horse moon