Rodeo Rider Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays437

Rodeo Rider by Gene Clark is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D 
Small talk, cheap beer and wine 
C 
Easy women, wasted time 
G                                    D 
Another night with somebody he don't know 
D 
It's been the first and been the last 
        C 
Got no future, had no past 
G                                  D 
A nameless face in somebody else's show 
C           D 
Riding the rodeo 
G             C     G    C       
He's a rodeo rider, sole survivor 
G                          D     C 
Got to prove that he's the best 
G     C      G   C 
Rodeo rider, sole survivor 
G             D               C 
Got to be the fastest in the west 
D 
Cheyenne to San Antoine 
     C 
Wild horses and women he's known 
G                                     D 
Have broken his heart and most of his bones 
D 
But today he's gonna ride again 
      C 
Doin' everything he can to win 
G                                                       D 
A nameless face but that's the only life that he's ever known 
C          D 
Riding the rodeo 
G            C      G    C       
He's a rodeo rider, sole survivor 
G                          D     C 
Got to prove that he's the best 
G     C      G   C 
Rodeo rider, sole survivor 
G             D               C 
Got to be the fastest in the west 
 
SOLO 
 
G            C      G    C       
He's a rodeo rider, sole survivor 
G                          D     C 
Got to prove that he's the best 
G     C      G   C 
Rodeo rider, sole survivor 
G             D               C 
Got to be the fastest in the west 
    	

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