{"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":2684001,"song":"Old Red","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2684001-old-red-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2684001?type=chord","rating":4.75474,"votes":20,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld Red was one of the orniest yet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI'd seen at the big rodeo[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'd bite you and kick you and stomp out your life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld Red had never been rode[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMeaner than sin, wild as the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThat blew on the Montana plains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld Red was one of the last of his breed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd wasn't about to be tamed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Idaho, a young cowboy came[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo ride in the big rodeo[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe young cowboy's name was Billy McLane[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Billy had never been thrown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe greatest desire filled young Billy's heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo ride this old outlaw called Red[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe drew him one day and I heard Billy say[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I'll ride him or drop over dead\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld Red was wicked down there in the shoot[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was kicking and stomping about[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly climbed into the saddle with ease[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd yelled turn him loose let us out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld Red came out with his head on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis back hooves were touching his nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrying to get rid of the man on his back[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the man went wherever he'd go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly was raking Old Red with his spurs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A7[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom his tail to the tip of his chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was doing right well, but Billy could tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis outlaw would never give in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld Red was running straight for the fence[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSuddenly stopping and then[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe reared on his hind legs then fell on his back[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTaking poor Billy with him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was a hush in the crowd and they knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis would be Billy's last ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe saddle horn crushed Billy's chest when they fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd under Old Red Billy died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld Red lay still, no more would he move[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cowboys that seen it could tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn trying to throw Billy off his back[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld Red broke his neck when he fell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOut in the west is a place where they rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis cowboy that never was thrown[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd one foot away resting there 'neath the clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs the outlaw that never was rode[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["D","G","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}