Good Horses To Ride(Chords)

	        
Intro: C  G  Am G F 


Verse 
    C                   G 
Ol' tuck was a cowboy i knew years ago, 
            Am           G            F 
Could put a stretch in a story like a forty foot rope. 
C                        G 
Young an' wide-eyed, i believed every word, 
      Am                  G           F 
As he rambled through the canyons an' stampeded herds. 
G 
Swore there were still comanches in them breaks to the south: 
          F 
He'd seen good hands ride in there an' never rode out. 

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Pre 
         C                           G 
He had a horse he called dollar that twice saved his life. 
        Am         G                  F 
He lost him to jim shoulders playing' poker one night. 
     C                           G 
When i turned eighteen, i packed up an' left home: 
         Am              G           F             G 
Tuck was pretty old back then an' by now he's long gone. 

    Am                          G  
But i've heard it said that ol' cowboys don't die: 
         F 
They get put out to pasture way up the sky. 
      Am                      G 
So if god's got a heaven for old cowboy legends, 
           F 
I hope the grass is greener on the other side, 
    Am            G         C 
An' he's got good horses to ride.
 

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Verse 
C                                                    G 
Now the folks back home would tell you tuck was just crazy an' old. 
    Am        G           F 
But i still believe in conquistador gold. 
          C                    G 
An' those memories look like a mirage in the distance, 
        Am            G         F 
Starin' out from this prison of urban existence. 
   G 
So i saddle up an' i go back now an' then, 
   F 
To remember who i was an' just forget where i am. 


Solo 
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pre-chorus 
        C                               G 
Now the concrete an' steel, they spread out like a plague. 
   Am          G           F 
Consumin' the rivers, the mountains, and the plains. 
     C                        G 
Then one of these days, it'll all be gone. 
    Am              G           F           G 
But somewhere, that spirit will always live on. 


Verse 
       Am                          G 
'cause i've heard it said that ol' cowboys don't die: 
         F 
They get put out to pasture way up the sky. 
      Am                     G 
So if god's got a heaven for old cowboy legends, 
           F 
I hope the grass is greener on the other side, 
    Am            G         F    G 
An' he's got good horses to ride. 
      Am            G                C  G  Am G F 
Yeah, he's got good horses to ride. 
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A few good horses to ride. 
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A few good horses to ride. 


Outro 
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