The Ballad Of The Buckless Yooper chords by Jeff Daniels

Chords with lyrics

G+G
Up in the land of copper, where the Norwood pines stand tall
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From the ore in Iron Mountain to the straits of Mackinaw
G+G                       E minorEm
Lived a man named Reuben, Reuben Soady was his name
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Every open day of deer camp, he hung his head in shame
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Reuben, he loved huntin’, but he never had no luck
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After thirty years of tryin’, well, he still ain’t bagged a buck
G+G                    E minorEm
Some say he’s unlucky, some say he’s just cursed
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Some say when he pulled that trigger, Reuben was the worst

chorus:
G+G
There goes a buckless Yooper, hang your head in shame
C majorC                        G+G
There goes a buckless Yooper, hang your head in shame
G+G                        E minorEm
There goes a buckless Yooper, hang your head in shame
      D MajorD                 G+G
In the Escanaba moonlight, Reuben Soady was his name
G+G
Wolf Moon Dance, she loved him, loved him through and through
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Short of shootin’ for him, there was nothin’ she could do
G+G                     E minorEm
She made a secret potion, sealed it with a kiss
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While Reuben squeezed that porcupine and doused himself with piss
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Reuben danced around the campfire, Reuben howled up at the moon
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Reuben changed the air around him till kisakees filled the room

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But the cards changed all their numbers and white light ran ‘cross the ridge
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And sweet sap turned to syrup and Jimmer’s Chevy took a shit

chorus:
E minorEm                     D MajorD      G+G
He’s the Mother Theresa of deer hunters, Bambi’s best friend
     E minorEm           D MajorD         G+G
He was the U.P.’s answer to the question that never ends
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He couldn’t hit a house if he was standin’ inside
    C majorC                          D MajorD
And every buck knew Reuben Soady would bring ‘em -- back alive

G+G
Well, the night turned black as ice, there came a vision clear as day
     C majorC                   G+G
Reuben started seeing things that wouldn’t go away
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His heart skipped a beat and his eyes went wide as he crept across the floor
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And he saw something no Yooper had ever seen before
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Outside Reuben’s window was a wolf with a woodchuck nose
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The fur of a mean old grizzly bear from his head down to his toes
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He had the eyes of a coon and the teeth of a pike
    E minorEm                  D MajorD
And the claws of a wolverine, and when he yelled E MajorE -- I – E MajorE
    G+G
Reuben fell down on his knees

chorus: instrumental:
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Well, some say he went crazy, some say he went nuts
     C majorC                  G+G
Some say Reuben lost his mind, no Ifs-Ands-or-Buts
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But it’s written in the Soady logbook, plain as the day is long
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Right there for all posterior – everybody sing along –

Repeat Chorus twice, and on second time repeat final line:

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