Rodeo chords by Garth Brooks

E
His Eyes are cold and restless
             E
His wounds have almost healed
   A         E
And she’d give half of Texas

     A        E
Just to change the way he feels


She knows his love’s in Tulsa

    A
And she knows he’s gonna go

     E
Well, it ain’t no woman, flesh and blood

      B7
It’s that damned old rodeo

- - -

      E
Well, it’s bulls and blood

It’s dust and mud

     A         E
It’s the roar of a Sunday crowd

It’s the white in his knuckles

The gold in his buckle

   B7
He’ll win the next go round

   E
It’s boots and chaps

It’s cowboy hats

   A      E
It’s spurs and latigo

It’s the ropes and the reins

And the joy and the pain

     B7
And they call the thing rodeo

E, G, A,  E, G, A

- - -


   E
She does her best to hold him

   A         E
When his loves comes to call

   A          E
But his need for it controls him

     A          E
And her back’s against the wall

And it’s “so long girl, I’ll see you”:

      A
When it’s time for him to go

     E
You know the woman wants her cowboy


     B7
Like he wants his rodeo

- - -
      E
Well, it’s bulls and blood

It’s dust and mud
     A         E
It’s the roar of a Sunday crowd

It’s the white in his knuckles

The gold in his buckle

   B7
He’ll win the next go round

   E
It’s boots and chaps

It’s cowboy hats

   A      E
It’s spurs and latigo

It’s the ropes and the reins

And the joy and the pain

     B7
And they call the thing rodeo

E, G, A,  E, G, A

- - -




    E
It’ll drive a cowboy crazy

    A      E
It’ll drive a man insane

     A        E
And he’ll sell off everything he owns

    A        E
Just to pay to play her game

And a broken home and some broken bones

  A
Is all he’ll have to show

  E
For all the years that he spent chasin’

   B7
This dream they call rodeo

- - -

      E
Well, it’s bulls and blood

It’s dust and mud

     A         E
It’s the roar of a Sunday crowd

It’s the white in his knuckles

The gold in his buckle

   B7
He’ll win the next go round

   E
It’s boots and chaps

It’s cowboy hats

   A      E
It’s spurs and latigo

It’s the ropes and the reins

And the joy and the pain

     B7
And they call the thing rodeo

- - -

   E
It’s the broncs and the blood

It’s the steers and the mud

     B7        E
And they call the thing rodeo