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South Dakota by James McMurtry
South Dakota
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
Intro slash mid verse ornamentation:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3-3-3--3-3-3------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-0-0--0-0-0------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-0--0-0-0------------------------------------------------|
A|---x-x-3--x-x-3-2----------------------------------------------|
E|---3-3----3-3--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
G
It was the 23rd of May, and I heard the Sergeant say
C G
Fuck it, round up the usual suspects and call it a day
D C
We've got no time to mess around and I'm not dying in this shithole town
G
For a soldiers pay
G
It was too good to be true but my discharge came through
C G
I was on the first bird out that I could find
D C
Rode that C-17 into Stuttgart
G
Fall round-up on my mind
G
When my brothers picked me up, we got way deep in our cups
C G
We musta tore old Rapid City down
D C
My big brother Jack said boy it's good to see you back
G
What you gonna do now? What you gonna do now...
[Chorus]
D G
Cuz there ain't much between the Pole and South Dakota
D G
And barbed wire won't stop the wind.
Am C
Won't get nothing here but broke and older,
D G
If I was you, I might re-up again
[Verse]
G
Well we had good rain this year and Dad fit in some Charolais steers
C G
He got 'em way cheap outta Texas 'cause of the drouth.
D C
We put 'em out on oats, they hadn't yet grown their winter coats
G
Way down south.
G
And it was barely even fall, but that blizzard got 'em all.
C G
Left 'em sprawled out across the pasture stiff as boards
D C
You take a sharp knife in your hand, skin 'em out while you still can
G
And curse the lord, curse the lord.
[Chorus]
D G
Cuz there ain't much between the Pole and South Dakota
D G
And barbed wire won't stop the wind.
Am C
I won't get nothing here but broke and older,
D G
Might as well re-up again
[Solo]
D G
D G
Am C
G
[Verse]
G
These old hides are not worth much so we'll pitch 'em off the truck
C G
And pile 'em up by the horse trough in the lot
D C
Cuz they sell by the pound and weigh like lead when you wet 'em down
G
And they're all we got
G
Hell with a gas lease or two, we might've just made do
C G
But there's nothing under this ground worth a damn
D C
Now the sheriff's on his way, and it's for damn sure not our day
G
It's just our time.
[Chorus]
D G
Cuz there ain't much between the Pole and South Dakota
D G
And barbed wire won't stop the wind.
Am C
I won't get nothing here but broke and older,
D G
Might as well re-up again
D G
Might as well re-up, again.
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