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Yesterdays Rodeo Man by Kyle Evans

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Key: C

Intro:

 G           | C           :

Verse 1:
     C
In a lonely one room cabin,
     C                               G           G
on a little piece of land he used to own,
      G                   G
in an old wooden rocker a bent
                             C             C
and grey haired cowboy sits alone
          C
with only memories to lean on
      C                                  F          Dm
and a faithful, sad eyed dog to call his friend.
        C
He’s outlived a hundred cowboys
       G                                 C           C
and he knows that time is slowly closing in.

Chorus:
         F                                       G
But in a puff of smoke from a home made corn cob pipe
                              C              C
he sees the highlights of his yesterdays.
        F                                  G
When an eager strong young cowboy rode the worst of broncs
                         C              C
in a smooth and graceful kind of way.
          C                             C
And for a moment he no longer feels the aches and pains
                        F               Dm
that age has brought to torture him.
       C
In his heart he’s still the champion,
     G                C             C
he’s yesterdays rodeo man.

Verse 2:
     C                           C
On a table in the corner lay the buckles
                     G           G
that he won so long ago.
             G                                  G
Now, they’re tarnished worn and dusty but for a lifetimes work
                        C             C
they’re all he’s got to show.
           C
He can’t admit that he’s unhappy
        C                               F          Dm
or that things had been all that he had planned.
            C
'Cos in his heart he’s still the champion,
     G                C           C
he’s yesterdays rodeo man.

Verse 3:
           C
There’s an old faded picture
       C                               G           G
on the fireplace and when it meets his eye.
  G
A lump comes to his throat and
       G                              C             C
by the flickering of the firelight he cries.
    C
The only life he’s known once made
  C                               F          Dm
a lovely dark haired lady say goodbye.
          C
And after forty years of loneliness
         G                           C           C
he sits alone and still can’t reason why.

End-Chorus:
         F                                       G
And in a puff of smoke from a home made corn cob pipe
                              C              C
he sees the highlights of his yesterdays.
        F                                  G
When an eager strong young cowboy rode the worst of broncs
                         C              C
in a smooth and graceful kind of way.
          C                             C
And for a moment he no longer feels the aches and pains
                        F               Dm
that age has brought to torture him.
       C
In his heart he’s still the champion,
     G                C             C
he’s yesterdays rodeo man.
       C
In his heart he’s still the champion,
     G                C             C****
he’s yesterdays rodeo man.