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Let The Ponies Run by Jerry Jeff Walker


                  Let The Ponies Run


Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret

G
 
C           G
We held a funeral and a wake at the Diamondback Saloon
   G                    Em       Am7       C      D
With every old-time cowboy agathered in one room
    Em                C                 G                   C
Swappin' tales and tellin' lies from days when they were young
     G          Em             Am7       D      G
Fearless buckaroos who always let the ponies run
     G                              C               G
I still see us behind the chutes, standin' in the sun
    G              Em          Am7         C         D
Light reflecting off the shiny buckles that we'd won
     Em              C                G                C
Farmin' boys from everywhere, just a ropin' in our dreams
    G               Em           Am7        D        G
Buckin' down the highway in old trucks and faded jeans
         G                                    C                  G
Cheyenne days to Fort Worth nights, we drove every inch of road
     G                  Em              Am7         C            D
We often spoke our dreams out loud, sharing rooms and dirty clothes
       Em                C           G                 C
The bandaged up, the broken ones, too tough to ever cry
       G                Em             Am7         D       G
The one we won the big go around, the drinks were ours to buy
       G                  C            G
Days were filled with mundane chores that kept us lean and mean
       G                 Em           Am7        C                D
But our nights were spent out dancin' with the fairest girls we'd seen
        Em                 C                G                C
Regaling them with wild ass tales, that weren't that far from true
       G            Em           Am7           D              G
There wasn't a single favor asked that your old pal wouldn't do                  
                  
G                           C           G
And every year the finals drew us back to OKC
       G                Em       Am7      C         D
Shoulders, Mahan, Steiner, Vol, T-bone and old Duffy
        Em            C                 G                 C
And when the dust had settled and the last go-round was run
        G               Em          Am7        D            G
We stayed up all night singing songs 'til every song was sung
          G                              C               G
The broken bones and broken hearts that led to broken homes
        G                  Em       Am7      C         D
And the trails we rode together, now we travel on alone
         Em              C             G                 C
And the friends we saw each summer, now we hardly saw at all
         G           Em          Am7        C           G
A little something's broken off each time a cowboy falls
         G            C                G
Well adios amigos, see you down the line
        G               Em         Am7           C             D
I sure enjoyed the bullshit, cause it brought back some good times
        Em              C               G                  C
And if you see those pals we knew from days when we were young
         G          Em         Am7       D          G
Tell them I stil saddle up just to feel the ponies run





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