Tablature chestnutmare - The Byrds

          



 # From: moskowit@panix.com (Len Moskowitz)

  {t:Chestnut Mare}

  {st:The Byrds}

  

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

  [G]never [G/F#bass]with a     [A7]herd

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

  [G]you'll [G/F#bass]have to take my [A7]word

  

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

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

  

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

  [G]after this [G/F#bass]chestnut 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]taking[G/F#bass] her meal, [Em]bathin[A7]g, f[A7sus]ine la[A7]dy   [D]

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

  [G]and I saw her standing ove[G/F#bass]r 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!

  

  {c:CHORUS}

  

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

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

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

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

  [G]I'm [G/F#bass]going 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

  

  [D]Above [Abass]the hill[Bbass]s, highe[C]r than eagle[C/Bbass]s were glidi[Em]ng    

  (Ebass, F# bass) 

  [G]suspended in the [D]sky

  

  [D]over the hill

  (A bass, B bass)

  [C]straight for the [C/Bbass]sun we were r[Em]iding

  (E bass, F# bass)

  [G]my eyes were [G/F#bass]filled    with [Asus]light

  

  [D]behind those black walls

  b[Abass]elow was[Bbass] a botto[C]ml[C/Bbass]ess canyon   [Em]

  (Ebass, F# bass) 

  [G]floating with no [D]sound

  [D]ghosts far below 

  (A bass, B bass)

  [C]seemed to be [C/B]sudd[bass]enly [Em]rising

  [G]exploding [G/F#bass]all around [Asus]

  

  {c: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

  

  {c:Chorus}

  

  {sot}

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

  2  2   2   3   3        0   0      0   x    x

  3  2   3   3   3        2   3      0   1    1

  2  2   4   0   0        0   0      0   0    0

  0  4   4   0   0        2   2      2   2    2

  0  x   x   2   2        0   0      2   3    2

  x  x   x   3   2        x   x      0   x    x

  {eot}

   


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 Chestnutmare, de The byrds 

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