Chopo

Intro 
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Through Rocky aroyas so dark and so deep 
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Down sides of mountains so slippery and steep 
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Your sure footed good judgment wherever you go 
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Your safety conveyance my little Chopo 

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With a single or double or lead of a team 
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Over highways and biways or crossing a stream 
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You're always in fix and your willi'n to go 
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Whenever you're called on my little Chopo 
 

 
   G 
Oh Chopo my Pony 
D 
Chopo my pride 
A 
Chopo mi amigo 
D 
Chopo I'll ride 
G 
From Mexico's border 
D 
Cross Texas Llano 
A 
To the Salt Pecos River 
           D 
I ride you Chopo 
 

 
         D                          A 
You're a good ropin' horse you were never jerked down 
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When tied to a steer, you'll circle him 'round 
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Let him once cross the string and over he'll go 
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You sabe the business my cowhorse Chopo 

    D                   A 
One night on the Yano a hailstorm began 
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Cattle stampeded, the horses all ran 
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The lightening it glittered, the cyclone did blow 
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You faced the sweet music my little Chopo 
 

 
   G 
Oh Chopo my Pony 
D 
Chopo my pride 
A 
Chopo mi amigo 
D 
Chopo I'll ride 
G 
From Mexico's border 
D 
Cross Texas Llano 
A 
To the Salt Pecos River 
           D 
I ride you Chopo 
 

Outro 
   G 
Oh Chopo my Pony 
D 
Chopo my pride 
A 
Chopo mi amigo 
D 
Chopo I'll ride 
G 
From Mexico's border 
D 
Cross Texas Llano 
A 
To the Salt Pecos River 
           D 
I ride you Chopo