Chestnut Mare

[D]  [A6]  [Bm]  [G]  [G] [F#bass]  [A7]  [A7sus]  [Em]  [C]   [C] [Bbass]

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[D]Alwa[A6]ys al[Bm]one,

[G]never [G]wi[F#bass]th a     [A7]herd

[D]Prettiest [A6]mare I've [Bm]ever seen,

[G]you'll [G]ha[F#bass]ve to take my [A7]word

[G]   [G/F#] bass [Em]         [A7]         [D]  [A6]  [Bm]
I'm going to  catch that horse if I can

[G]   [G/F#] bass [Em]         [A7]         [D]  [A6]  [Bm]
and when I    do I'll give her my brand

[D]Well I was [A6]up on Stony Rid[Bm]ge

[G]after this [G]ch[F#bass]estnut mare, [Em]been chasing her for [A7]weeks

[D]Oh I'd catc[A6]h a glimpse of [Bm]her every once in a while

[G]     [G]/F
taking her meal, bathing, fine lady

[A6]This one day I [Bm]happen to be real close to her

[G]and I saw her standing ove[G]r [F#bass]there  [Em]

so I[A7] snuck up on her [D]nice[A6] an[Bm]d easy

got my rope out [G]   [G]     [F#bass]

[Em]and I flung it in the ai[A7]r!

[G]   [G/F#] bass [Em]         [A7]         [D]  [A6]  [Bm]
I'm going to  catch that horse if I can

[G]   [G/F#] bass [Em]         [A7]         [D]  [A6]  [Bm]
and when I    do I'll give her my brand

[G]And [G]we[F#bass]'ll be [Em]friends for life

[G]She'll [G]be[F#bass] just like a [Em]wife

[G]I'm [G]go[F#bass]ing to [Em]catch that [A7]horse if I [D]can[A6]    [Bm]

And I got her and I'm pulling on her
And she's pulling back like this mule going up a ladder
And I take a choice and I jump right up on her
Damned if I don't land right on top of her
And she takes off, running up onto the ridge
higher than I've ever been before
She's running along just fine
'til she stops and something spooked her
it's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike
she doesn't know what to do for a second,
but then, she jumps off the edge, me holding on

(Canyon music!)

[D]    ([A] bass, [B] bass) [C]           [C/B] bass    [Em]
Above the hills, higher than eagles were gliding

(Ebass, F
[G]suspended in the [D]sky

[D]over the hill

([A] bass, [B] bass)
[C]                [C/B] bass     [Em]
straight for the sun we were riding

([E] bass, [F#] bass)
[G]            [G/F#] bass      [Asus]
my eyes were filled    with light

[D]behind those black walls

([A] bass, [B] bass) [C] [C/B] bass    [Em]
below was a bottomless canyon

(Ebass, F
[G]floating with no [D]sound

[D]ghosts far below

([A] bass, [B] bass)
[C]            [C/B] bass [Em]
seemed to be suddenly rising

[G]exploding [G]al[F#bass]l around[Asus]

(Chorus)

We were falling
down this crevice
about about a mile down it seem
and I looked down
And I see this red thing below us coming up real fast
and it's our reflection that's
this little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep
We're falling down right through it
We hit, we splashed it dry
that's when I lost my hold
and she got away
but I'm gonna try and get her again some day

(Chorus)