Mechanical Bull

Intro C  F  Am  G 
 

C 
Took a few years to get here brother 
F 
Greens are greener in the heat of summer 
Am               G               C 
Calmness on this evenin' seems a drug 
C 
Graham and Lucas are having kids while 
F 
Steve's busy raising his 
      Am            G            C 
While I climb out a hole I never dug 
C 
Likely there's a spot twenty minutes or so 
F 
Used to get waisted ridin' rodeo 
Am           G          C 
Now it's all mechanical Bull 
 

        F 
Are the old ways dead? 
          C 
Or livin' in my head 
           G 
There's  a smile on a photo 
         F                Am 
Catchin' dust In your old A-part-ment 
F 
Are the old ways dead? 
   C 
Or livin' in my head? 
     G              Am 
It's all veneer and up from here 
   F 
So take a rest 

( F  C  G ) 
( F  Am ) 


C 
So I'll set off runnin' like I said i's gonna 
    F                          Am 
And find another rodeo I'm a mechanical bull 
        G                    C 
Throw a quarter and watch me go 
      C 
And I get a little sad in the evenins' Knowin' I'll 
F 
Never get a beatin' 
           Am                   G                   C 
Like being young and dumb again in this life's long rodeo 
C 
Maybe I'll move to Texas 
       F 
Let my soul grow bored and restless 
    Am                G            C 
And learn to rope and ride like Le Gros 
C 
Maybe I'll learn the mando-and 
   F 
To pick a banjo too 
Am                    G                 C 
Ride all night on the highways like Two-Show 
 

        F 
Are the old ways dead? 
          C 
Or livin' in my head 
           G 
There's  a smile on a photo 
         F                Am 
Catchin' dust In your old A-part-ment 
F 
Are the old ways dead? 
   C 
Or livin' in my head? 
     G              Am 
It's all veneer and up from here 
   F 
So take a rest 

( F  C ) 
 

     G              Am 
It's all veneer and up from here 
   F 
So take a rest 
     G              Am 
It's all veneer and up from here 
   F 
So take a rest 

Final 

C 
Took a few years to get here brother 
F 
Greens are greener in the heat of summer 
Am               G               C 
Calmness on this evenin' seems a drug