The Bucking Machine

	  		 
 

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 


     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" 

 
         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 

 
       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 

 
            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