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Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G
Old Red was one of the orniest yet

    Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramA7A7
I'd seen at the big rodeo

     Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G
He'd bite you and kick you and stomp out your life

Chord diagramA7A7                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Old Red had never been rode


Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramG+G
Meaner than sin, wild as the wind

     Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramA7A7
That blew on the Montana plains

Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramD MajorD
Old Red was one of the last of his breed

Chord diagramA7A7                     Chord diagramD MajorD
And wasn't about to be tamed
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD
From Idaho, a young cowboy came

   Chord diagramA7A7                  Chord diagramD MajorD
To ride in the big rodeo

                   Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD
The young cowboy's name was Billy McLane

    Chord diagramA7A7                   Chord diagramD MajorD
And Billy had never been thrown


Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD
The greatest desire filled young Billy's heart

   Chord diagramA7A7                          Chord diagramD MajorD
To ride this old outlaw called Red

                Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD
He drew him one day and I heard Billy say

      Chord diagramA7A7                    Chord diagramD MajorD
"I'll ride him or drop over dead"

Verse:

Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD
Old Red was wicked down there in the shoot

       Chord diagramA7A7                    Chord diagramD MajorD
He was kicking and stomping about

              Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD
Billy climbed into the saddle with ease

    Chord diagramA7A7                           Chord diagramD MajorD
And yelled turn him loose let us out
Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramD MajorD
Old Red came out with his head on the ground

    Chord diagramA7A7                            Chord diagramD MajorD
His back hooves were touching his nose

              Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD
Trying to get rid of the man on his back

        Chord diagramA7A7                     Chord diagramD MajorD
But the man went wherever he'd go


Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD
Billy was raking Old Red with his spurs

      Chord diagramA7A7                    Chord diagramD MajorD
From his tail to the tip of his chin

              Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD
He was doing right well, but Billy could tell

     Chord diagramA7A7                        Chord diagramD MajorD
This outlaw would never give in


Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD
Old Red was running straight for the fence

       Chord diagramA7A7                 Chord diagramD MajorD
Suddenly stopping and then

              Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD
He reared on his hind legs then fell on his back

   Chord diagramA7A7                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Taking poor Billy with him


Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramD MajorD
There was a hush in the crowd and they knew

   Chord diagramA7A7                         Chord diagramD MajorD
This would be Billy's last ride

              Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD
The saddle horn crushed Billy's chest when they fell

        Chord diagramA7A7                  Chord diagramD MajorD
And under Old Red Billy died

Verse:

Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramD MajorD
Old Red lay still, no more would he move

  Chord diagramA7A7                        Chord diagramD MajorD
The cowboys that seen it could tell

               Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD MajorD
In trying to throw Billy off his back

     Chord diagramA7A7                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Old Red broke his neck when he fell


Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Out in the west is a place where they rest

  Chord diagramA7A7                            Chord diagramD MajorD
This cowboy that never was thrown

             Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD
And one foot away resting there 'neath the clay

       Chord diagramA7A7                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Is the outlaw that never was rode

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