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Papa Was A Rodeo

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Papa Was A Rodeo

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Papa Was A Rodeo Key GG
Papa Was A Rodeo Key G#G#
Papa Was A Rodeo Key AA
Papa Was A Rodeo Key A#A#(one step down)
Papa Was A Rodeo Key BB(half step down)
Papa Was A Rodeo Key CC(original key)
Papa Was A Rodeo Key C#C#(half step up)
Papa Was A Rodeo Key DD(one step up)
Papa Was A Rodeo Key D#D#
Papa Was A Rodeo Key EE
Papa Was A Rodeo Key FF
Papa Was A Rodeo Key F#F# 
	  		              
  


 INTRO 
            C                    C/B                 Am                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----0h1---------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|------0-------------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----0-------0------| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--0-----------------|--------0h2---------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 


            F                     F/E                 Dm                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----------3--------|--------------------| 
G|-----------2--------|-----------2--------|-----2--------2-----|--0----0------0-----| 
D|-----3--------3-----|-----3--------3-----|--0-----0-----------|--0-----------0-----| 
A|--------3-----------|--------3-----------|--------------------|--2------0h2--------| 
E|--1-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 






  verse 1 
            C                  C/B                   Am                   G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|------0-------------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----0-------0------| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--0-----0-----------|--------0h2---------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
      I   like   your  twisted   point   of   view,    Mike 


           F                    F/E                  Dm                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----------3--------|--------------------| 
G|-----------2--------|-----------2--------|-----2--------2-----|--0----0------0-----| 
D|-----3--------3-----|-----3--------3-----|--0-----0-----------|--0-----------0-----| 
A|--------3-----------|--------3-----------|--------------------|--2------0h2--------| 
E|--1-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
      I   like   your   questioning    eye - brows 

         
           C                    C/B                  Am                   G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|------0-------------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----0-------0------| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--0-----0-----------|--------0h2---------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
      You've  made  it  pretty  clear  what  you   like 


           F                    F/E                  Dm                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|-----0h1---------1--|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----------3--------|--------------------| 
G|-----------2--------|-----------2--------|-----2--------2-----|--0----0------0-----| 
D|-----3--------3-----|-----3--------3-----|--0-----------------|--0-----------0-----| 
A|--------3-----------|--------3-----------|--------------------|--2------0h2--------| 
E|--1-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
      It's    only      fair  to  tell  you  now 


           Am                     G                    F                   F/E           
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|--------------------|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--| 
G|-----------2--------|-------------0------|-----------2--------|-----------2--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|----------0--0------|-----3--------3-----|-----3--------3-----| 
A|--0-----0-----------|-----0h2-----2------|--------3-----------|--------------------| 
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--1-----------------|--1-----0-----------| 
   that   I   leave    early    in     the   morning 

    
        Dm                                            G 
E|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
B|-----------3--------|-----------3--------|--------------------| 
G|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|--0----0------0-----| 
D|--0-----0-----------|--0-----0-----------|--0-----------0-----| 
A|--------------------|--------------------|--2------0h2--------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
      and  I  won't  be  back  till  next  year 


           Am                    G                    F                   F/E    
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|--------------------|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--| 
G|-----------2--------|-------------0------|-----------2--------|-----------2--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|----------0--0------|-----3--------3-----|-----3--------3-----| 
A|--0-----0-----------|-----0h2-----2------|--------3-----------|--------------------| 
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--1-----------------|--1-----0-----------| 
      I   see   that    kiss  me   pucker   forming 


          Dm                                          G 
E|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
B|-----------3--------|-----------3--------|--------------------| 
G|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|--0----0------0-----| 
D|--0-----0-----------|--0-----0-----------|--0-----------0-----| 
A|--------------------|--------------------|--2------0h2--------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
      maybe you should plug it with a beer 


          Am                     G                    F                   F/E    
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|--------------------|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--| 
G|-----------2--------|-------------0------|-----------2--------|-----------2--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|----------0--0------|-----3--------3-----|-----3--------3-----| 
A|--0-----0-----------|-----0h2-----2------|--------3-----------|--------------------| 
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--1-----------------|--1-----0-----------| 
      What   are  we   doing   in   this    dive    bar 


          Dm                                          G 
E|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
B|-----------3--------|-----------3--------|--------------------| 
G|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|--0----0------0-----| 
D|--0-----0-----------|--0-----0-----------|--0-----------0-----| 
A|--------------------|--------------------|--2------0h2--------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
      How can you live in a place like this 


          Am                     G                    F                   F      
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|--------------------|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--| 
G|-----------2--------|-------------0------|-----------2--------|-----------2--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|----------0--0------|-----3--------3-----|-----3--------3-----| 
A|--0-----0-----------|-----0h2-----2------|--------3-----------|--------------------| 
E|--------------------|--3-----------------|--1-----------------|--1-----1-----------| 
     Why   don't   you  just   get   into    my    car           and i'll take you away 


                                                     
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
E|--1-----------------|--3-----------------|--------------------| 
   I'll take that kiss now, but 


         
  Chorus 
          C                     C/B                  Am                     
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|-----------2--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--0-----0-----------|--0-----0-----------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
      Papa   was   a   rodeo        -        mama was a rock 'n' roll band     i could 

           C                    C/B                   F                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|--0----0------0-----| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----3--------3-----|--0-----------0-----| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--------3-----------|--2------0h2--------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|--3-----------------| 
      play guitar and  rope a steer      before  i  learned  to  stand 

          C                     C/B                   F                    C 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|-----------0--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----3--------3-----|-----2--------2-----| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--------3-----------|--3-----3-----------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|--------------------| 
      Home was anywhere with diesel gas      love was a truckers hand 

           C                    C/B                   F                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----3-----------3--| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|-----------4--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----3--------3-----|-----5--------5-----| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--------3-----------|--------5-----------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|--3-----------------| 
      never stuck around long enough for a   one      night       staaaaand 

           F                    C                                         F 
E|--1-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|-------1------------| 
B|--1-----------------|--1-----------------|--------------------|-------1------------| 
G|--2-----------------|--0-----------------|--2p0---------------|-------2------------| 
D|--3-----------------|--2-----------------|--0----2p0----------|-------3------------| 
A|--3-----------------|--3-----------------|------------3-------|-------3------------| 
E|--1-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|--1----1------------| 
    before you kiss me you should know                                  papa was a 

           G 
E|-------3------------| 
B|-------3------------| 
G|-------4------------| 
D|-------5------------| 
A|-------5------------| 
E|--3----3------------| 
        rodeo 



  BRIDGE 
           C                    C/B                   Am                  G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|------0-------------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----0-------0------| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--0-----0-----------|--------0h2---------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 


           F                     G                    C                   G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----3-----------3--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------2--------|-----------4--------|-----------0--------|------0-------------| 
D|-----3--------3-----|-----5--------5-----|-----2--------2-----|-----0-------0------| 
A|--------3-----------|--------5-----------|--3-----3-----------|--------0h2---------| 
E|--1-----------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 




  verse 2 
           C                    C/B                  Am                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|------0-------------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----0-------0------| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--0-----0-----------|--------0h2---------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
  and    now    it's    55       years      later 

           F                    F/E                  Dm                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|-----0h1---------1--|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----------3--------|--------------------| 
G|-----------2--------|-----------2--------|-----2--------2-----|--0----0------0-----| 
D|-----3--------3-----|-----3--------3-----|--0-----0-----------|--0-----------0-----| 
A|--------3-----------|--------3-----------|--------------------|--2------0h2--------| 
E|--1-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
      we've  had  the  romance   of   the   century 

         
           C                    C/B                  Am                   G  
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|------0-------------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----0-------0------| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--0-----0-----------|--------0h2---------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
     after  all  these  years    wrestling    gators 

           F                                         Dm                   G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|-----1-----------1--|--1-----------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----------3--------|--0-----------------| 
G|-----------2--------|-----------2--------|-----2--------2-----|--0-----------------| 
D|-----3--------3-----|-----3--------3-----|--0-----0-----------|--0-----------------| 
A|--------3-----------|--------3-----------|--------------------|--2-----------------| 
E|--1-----------------|--1-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 
      It still makes me cry when i think about what  you  said  to  me  


  Chorus 2 
          C                    C/B                  Am                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|-----------2--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--0-----0-----------|--0-----0-----------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 


           C                   C/B                   F                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|--0----0------0-----| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----3--------3-----|--0-----------0-----| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--------3-----------|--2------0h2--------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|--3-----------------| 


           C                   C/B                   F                    C 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|-----------0--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----3--------3-----|-----2--------2-----| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--------3-----------|--3-----3-----------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|--------------------| 


           C                   C/B                   F                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----3-----------3--| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|-----------4--------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----3--------3-----|-----5--------5-----| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--------3-----------|--------5-----------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|--3-----------------| 


           F                    C                                         F 
E|--1-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|-------1------------| 
B|--1-----------------|--1-----------------|--------------------|-------1------------| 
G|--2-----------------|--0-----------------|--2p0---------------|-------2------------| 
D|--3-----------------|--2-----------------|--0----2p0----------|-------3------------| 
A|--3-----------------|--3-----------------|------------3-------|-------3------------| 
E|--1-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|--1----1------------| 


           G 
E|-------3------------| 
B|-------3------------| 
G|-------4------------| 
D|-------5------------| 
A|-------5------------| 
E|--3----3------------| 



  OUTRO 
           C                    C/B                  Am                    G 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|-----1-----------1--|--------------------| 
G|-----------0--------|-----------0--------|-----------2--------|------0-------------| 
D|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----2--------2-----|-----0-------0------| 
A|--3-----3-----------|--2-----2-----------|--0-----0-----------|--------0h2---------| 
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------| 


          F                     G                    C                     
E|--------------------|--------------------|--0-----------------|--------------------| 
B|-----1-----------1--|-----3-----------3--|--1-----------------|--------------------| 
G|-----------2--------|-----------4--------|--0-----------------|--------------------| 
D|-----3--------3-----|-----5--------5-----|--2-----------------|--------------------| 
A|--------3-----------|--------5-----------|--3-----------------|--------------------| 
E|--1-----------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|

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