National Finals Rodeo chords by Chris Ledoux

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate

American Cowboy Songs, Inc. and Wyoming Brand Music
Music and Lyrics by Chris LeDoux
All songs can be found online at ledouxcountry.com under the tab "songbooks"

Verse 1:
  Bb                         Eb
A rodeo's just a rodeo after riding several years
     F               Eb                 F              Bb
From ol' Cheyenne to Houston they never cause too much fear
    Bb                                  Eb
But let me tell you about one that will chill your very soul
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It happens in De-cember when it's snowin' and it's cold

Verse 2:
   Bb                      Eb
In Oklahoma City there's a building of concrete
     F                  Eb                F          Bb
It's where the toughest stockin' men will gather and compete
    Bb                                   Eb
The points have all been tallied and the stock has all been brought
      F                 Eb              F                Bb
We've got just two more hours cause it starts at eight o'clock


Chorus:
         Eb                                  Bb
It's the Finals the N.F.R. the Series of the sport
    Eb                           Eb               F
Hey rookie can you take ten head have you got the heart
    Eb                                                Bb
You think you're a tough cowboy we'll find out in the end
          Eb            F                                Bb
When that final whistle blows and the stock's all in the pen


Verse 3:
    Bb                              Eb
The coliseum's quiet except for the sounds
   F               Eb            F              Bb
Of cowboys getting ready and the workmen of the grounds
    Bb                      Eb
The cowboys ask each other, what each other's got
  F               Eb          F                Bb
"Did you draw ol' Necklace or pluck old Double-Ought

    Bb                             Eb
The tension now is mounting as the crowd starts pouring in
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A shiver goes all through me like from a cold cold wind
  Bb                             Eb
I hear the horses comin' runnin' down the alleyway
        F              Eb             F                Bb
They're snortin' and a blowin' as men shut the sliding gates


Chorus:
         Eb                                  Bb
It's the Finals the N.F.R. the Series of the sport
    Eb                           Eb               F
Hey rookie can you take ten head have you got the heart
    Eb                                                Bb
You think you're a tough cowboy we'll find out in the end
          Eb            F                                Bb
When that final whistle blows and the stock's all in the pen


Verse 4:
       Bb                            Eb
We had too much time a while ago but not enough time now
    F             Eb             F             Bb
The Anthem is now over the grand entry's going out
  Bb                        Eb
I sit there on my bronc I'm ready and I wait
  F                 Eb        F                    Bb
I hear a chute gate open so I look out through the gate

  Bb                          Eb
A horse comes boiling out and blows up at the roof
    F                Eb              F            Bb
And then there comes another kicking like a curly wolf
  Bb                                     Eb
I hear the chute boss holler through the yelling of the crowd
   F                  Eb                   F                  Bb
He says there's one a-head of you so you'd better get screwed down


Chorus:
         Eb                                  Bb
It's the Finals the N.F.R. the Series of the sport
    Eb                           Eb               F
Hey rookie can you take ten head have you got the heart
    Eb                                                Bb
You think you're a tough cowboy we'll find out in the end
          Eb            F                                Bb
When that final whistle blows and the stock's all in the pen

  Bb                             Eb
I nod my head, I'm in a daze the horse goes boiling out
  F                Eb              F               Bb
I run my spurrs in-to his neck and then I drag 'em out
   Bb                   Eb
My mind is in a blur my eyes are seeing red
    F                    Eb              F                Bb
The flank catch slams in-to my back, his rump bangs on my head
     Bb                                Eb
From somewhere in the background I can hear a buzzer sound
   F                      Eb           F              Bb
My hand's jerked from the riggin and I crash into the ground
  Eb                      Bb
I stumble to my feet as I stagger to the wall
  F            Eb         F               Bb
I wonder to my-self is it really worth it all


Chorus:
         Eb                                  Bb
It's the Finals the N.F.R. the Series of the sport
    Eb                           Eb               F
Hey rookie can you take ten head have you got the heart
    Eb                                                Bb
You think you're a tough cowboy we'll find out in the end
          Eb            F                                Bb
When that final whistle blows and the stock's all in the pen


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