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The Bucking Machine

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The Bucking Machine 
Recorded by Chris LeDoux
(Capo on 3)
[Intro]
G C D G G
[Verse 1]
G                                 C
I've rode lots of horses and I've won a few shows
D                     G
Ridin' broncos at the big old rodeos
        G                     C
But the dang-dest contraption that I've ever seen
        D                                    G
Is that bucket of bolts called a buckin' ma- chine
[Verse 2]
    G                              C
The kids they were all lined up to give the thing a go
    D                             G
And when I first saw it, lord, it looked pretty slow
                                C
It jumped and it kicked then it turned back and twirled
     D                                G
Then I got to thinkin' I'll give it a whirl
[Chorus]
     C                              G
So I pushed through the crowd and I talked to the man
D                          G
Who had invented this here modified garbage can
  C                       G
I said I'm a twister, and one of the best
      D                                    G
I'm a wolf of the world, boys, I must con- fess
[Verse 3]
     G                    C
I'll bet you a hundred, I said with a grin
     D                   G
I'll spur it so hard its sides will cave in
                                           C
And the bolts and the screws that hold the dang thing together
     D                                          G
Will fall down inside it there and short out it motor
[Verse 4]
          G                   C
Well, the man, he said, "Son, I'll take that bet,
      D                         G
And I won't turn it on 'til you think that you're set"
                          C
So I got my riggin' and I cinched it on down
       D                                      G
Then I said to old Sam, "Go ahead and turn it on"
[Chorus]
         C                               G
Well, it rattled and it groaned, then it started to move
  D                                    G
I spurred it every jump, and, Lord, it fell mighty smooth
         C                         G
The foam rubber was a flyin' right off of its old neck
        D                                  G
And the tin underneath, it was startin' to crack
[Harmonica solo]
G C D G G
[Verse 5]
  G                       C
I looked at the man and I started to say
     D                           G
I'll win me that hundred for the end of the day
                                       C
Then he grabbed a big ol' lever with a little sly grin
D                                                G
Jammed it up to high gear and locked it right on in
[Chorus]
       C                       G
With a snatch and a jerk and a sharp stabbin' pain
  D                     G
I felt like a hobo tied to an old freight train
   C                              G
My head, it went to poppin' and I saw all the stars
        D                                           G
The Big Dipper, The Milky Way, The planet they call Mars
[Verse 6]
G                           C
The next thing I knew I was right there on the ground
        D                               G
Just a- bout thirty feet away from that laughin' crowd
                              C
So I paid up my hundred and I limped on away
        D                                          G
And the words the man said, I still remember today
[Chorus]
            C                       G
So you're a wolf of the world and a real tough twister
     D                         G
Well listen real close to some good advise Mister
       C                                  G
Keep a ridin' them old broncos, if you're still feelin' mean
          D                                      G     C D G
But you'd better keep clear of Sam's buckin' ma- chine

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Free chords for The Bucking Machine by Chris LeDoux. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

The Bucking Machine 
Recorded by Chris LeDoux
(Capo on 3)
[Intro]
G C D G G
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]
[Harmonica solo]
G C D G G
[Verse 5]
[Chorus]
[Verse 6]
[Chorus]

The Bucking Machine Chords by Chris LeDoux

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