Number 37 chords by James Keelaghan

James Keelaghan - Number 37



INTRO: G  D  G  C  G  D  C

         G
She wore number 37, her horse was chestnut brown
  C                       D
I saw her at a rodeo in a high plains western town
     G
Underneath the turquoise sky a thunderstorm was rolling in
    C                           D
The infield getting sticky, the crowd was wearing thin

         Em                  G
Now, I'm not for barrel racing, I cannot say I'd gone
   C                                    D
To see some woman ride flat out, as she bounced and turned for home
    Em              G
And riding hell-for-leather, the bit between her teeth
     C         D
It's poetry in motion


             G
She wore the number 37, she was the seventh one to ride
    C                                D
She showed no hint of nerves and she sat her horse with pride
          G
Horse and rider leapt together, I wished that I could hear
    C                                     D
The words she spoke to spur him on as she leaned down to his ear


     Em                G
They rounded the first barrel, from the bleachers I could see
    C                                 D
She didn't use a riding crop, for the horse ran like a breeze
       Em           G
'Round barrel two I stammered, she closed the figure eight
     C                                 D
When up popped barrel three as she was lingering, yeah


INTERLUDE:
       D   G           C     G     D     C
Heyyyy hey hey hey hey hey I hey I hey I heyyy


           G
I know she didn't use a riding crop, she barely used her spurs
C                                  D
She used hands and knees, she used gentle, loving words
    G
I'd like to say she won that day, that wouldn't be the fact
    C                              D
She crossed the line in '69 in the middle of the pack


      Em               G
You'd never know she'd lost, she grinned from ear to ear
    C                                        D
She stroked the charger's neck and once more whispered in his ear
        Em                G
She was happy that they'd done that well, nobody got hurt
        C                              D             G       D G
She got all the speed she wanted using gentle loving words


INTERLUDE:
               C   G       D     C      G
Heyyyy hey hey hey I hey I hey I heyyy
         D   G       C
Heyyyy I hey I hey I heyyy
       G     D     C
Heyy I hey I hey I heyyy


               G
So hats off to sweet 37, wherever you may be
    C                                    D
The pleasure's not from winning, it's in riding wild and free
    G
And one thing that I won that day, you can whip and you can curse
           C                               D             G
But you'll never [ ? ] and ride if you use gentle loving words


OUTRO:

She wore number 37, her horse was chestnut brown
  C                       D                   G
I saw her at a rodeo in a high plains western town

     (One - Two - Three)
       D   G           C     G     D     C      G
Heyyyy hey hey hey hey hey I hey I hey I heyyy
         D   G       C
Heyyyy I hey I hey I heyyy
       G     D     C        G