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No More Buffalo by James McMurtry
No More Buffalo
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
[Verse 1]
G D A D
I guess we knew the cards were stacked
G D A
started out the best of friends
G D A D
and we beat that highway 'till it quit beating back
G D A D G D A D
it didn't mean much in the end some you win, some you lose
G D A
some you throw away
G D A D
we headed South across those Colorado plains
G D A G D A D
just as empty as the day we looked around at all we saw
G
remembered all we'd hoped to see
looking out through the bugs on the windshield
G D A
somebody said to me
[Chorus]
G D
no more buffalo
G D
blue skies or open road
G D
no more rodeo
B A
no more noise
G D
take this Cadillac
G D
park it out in back
G D
mama's calling
G A
put away the toys
[Verse]
G D A D
Don't chase that carrot 'til it makes you sick
G D A
What do you think you're gonna prove?
G D A D
Just let it dangle 'til it falls off that stick
G D A
That's when you make your move
G D A D
Don't go chasin' after shootin' stars
G D A
Tryin' to make yourself a name
G D A D
You could joust at windmills with that ol' Fender guitar
G D A
Probably do about the same
[Chorus]
G D G D
No more buffalo, blue skies or open road
G D Bm A
No more rodeo for these old boys
G D G D
Take my Cadillac park it out in back
G D A D
Mama's callin', put away the toys
[Instrumental]
(G D A D G D A) x2
[Verse 3]
G D A D
I never thought they'd ever doubt my words
G D A
I guess they were just too tired to care
G D A D
I'd point to the horizon, to the dust of the herds
G D A
Still hoverin' in the air
G D A D
Somebody said it ain't any such
G D A
Man you wish so hard you're scarin' me
G D A D
'Cause those are combines kickin' up that dust
G D A
But you can see what you want to see
G D A D
And go on chasin' after what used to be there
G D A
Top that rise and face the pain
G D A D Bm
But man they were here, they were here I swear
G D A
Not just these bleachin' bones, stretchin' across the plain
[Chorus]
G D G D
No more buffalo, blue skies or open road
G D Bm A
No more rodeo for this old boy
G D G D
Take my Cadillac park it out in back
G D A D
Mama's callin', put away the toys
Repeat Chorus Till Fade
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