Rodeo Road chords by Ian Tyson

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

Intro:

Am   D   G   C G

Verse 1:
N.C.                C                          G
"Take a walk - with me", he said, "down by the river
                 D                                 G
Got something to show you, something I want you to see"
               C                                       G
"What the Hell for ", she said, "It just leads to more grieving
                               Am      D              G     C G
I see you're packed and you're leaving - on the Rodeo Road"

Verse 2:
N.C.            C                                          G
"One more time, please, walk with me, to the bridge on the river
                        D                             G
Where we threw down our pennies, and we wished on the stars"
            C                              G
And she hesitated, too many nights she had waited
                  Am      D           G
It had got so she - hated - the Rodeo Road

Bridge:
                            C
He said "I brought along my ribbon bag
   G         D         G
My spurs, my chaps and saddle
                                         D
'Cos I know the time has come to let 'em gooooo.
   G             C            G        D         G
So hold on to me Darlin' as I lean out from this trestle"
       Am                   F             Am    D  D#  G#
And he dropped 'em into the waters down below

Verse 3:
N.C.          C#                                       G#
They stayed a long, long while - til the spell, it was broken
                        D#                                 G#
Then they walked to the Aflabar(???), hand in hand in the rain
                C#                              G#
And outside the wind sighed, inside the jukebox cried
              A#m         D#             G#   Fm
He'd made his - last ride - on the Rodeo Road
                         A#m                   D#
But she'll always be his lover, his very first lover
          G#    C# G#
The Rodeo Road