{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1083384,"song":"The Strawberry Roan","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11239769-the-strawberry-roan-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1083384?type=chord","rating":4.88731,"votes":149,"content":"The Strawberry Roan\r\nMarty Robbins\r\n\r\nPlay with an alternating bass.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI was hangin' 'round town, just spendin' my time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOut of a job, not earnin' a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA feller steps up and he said, \"I suppose[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou're a bronc fighter from looks of your clothes.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\"You figures me right, I'm a good one.\" I claim[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid \"He's got one, a bad one to buck[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt throwin' good riders, he's had lots of luck.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI gets all het up and I ask what he pays[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo ride this old nag for a couple of days[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe offered me ten; I said, \"I'm your man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA bronc never lived that I couldn't span.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe said: \"Get your saddle, I'll give you a chance\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn his buckboard we hopped and he drives to the ranch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI stayed 'til mornin' and right after chuck[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDown in the horse corral standin' alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs an old Caballo, a Strawberry Roan[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis legs are all spavined, he's got pigeon toes[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLittle pig eyes and a big Roman nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLittle pin ears that touched at the tip[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA big 44 brand was on his left hip[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nU-necked and old, with a long, lower jaw[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI could see with one eye, he's a regular outlaw[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI gets the blinds on 'im and it sure is a fright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext comes the saddle and I screws it down tight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I steps on 'im and I raises the blinds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGet outta the way boys, he's gonna unwind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe sure is a frog-walker, he heaves a big sigh[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe only lacks wings, for to be on the fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe turns his old belly right up to the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe sure is a sun-fishin', son-of-a-gun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe'll turn on a Nickel and give you some change[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe hits on all fours and goes up on high[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeaves me a spinnin' up there in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI turns over twice and I comes back to earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI lights in a cussin' the day of his birth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know there are ponies that I cannot ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's some of them left, they haven't all died[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll bet all my money, the man ain't alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat'll stay with Old Strawberry when he makes his high dive[/tab]","plain_text":"The Strawberry Roan\nMarty Robbins\n\nPlay with an alternating bass.\n\n\n[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["D","A7","D7","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}