I've Got To Be A Rodeo Man - Chris Ledoux
Submitted by: D. Smith - code4code5@netscape.net


This is the only way I could figure to demonstrate
the strum pattern.  This is my first attempt at
tabbing, so please let me know if it's okay!

Intro & Verses:

D (Dsus2 & D2)  C               G               D (Dsus2 & D2)
|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|
02--2---32--0-2-0---0-------00003---3-------33332---02---3-2-0-2|
33--3---33--3-3-1---1-------11110---0-------00003---33---3-3-3-3|
22--2---22--2-2-0---0-------00000---0-------00002---22---2-2-2-2|
00--0---00--0-0-2---2-------22220---0-------00000---00---0-0-0-0|
00--0---00--0-0-3---3-------33332---2-------22220---00---0-0-0-0|
00--0---00--0-0-----------------3---3-------33330---00---0-0-0-0|
|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|***|
1               2               3               4               5


VERSE 1
D
Sometimes this old road
      C
Gets so damn lonesome away from home
G
There ain't no way in sight
           D
to head on back.


Nobody knows the way it feels
C
to suffer through this living hell
G                                            D
Unless you've been on down that road yourself


CHORUS
D                               C
Don't 'ya know I ain't really a bum
      G                D
I was once a clean-cut mother's son
        C                             D
And you know down deep inside I still am.
         C                     G
But this rodeo life's got it's hold on me
          C                  G          D
And there ain't no way it'll set me free
C                G          D
Lord, I've gotta be a rodeo man


VERSE 2 (Played as VERSE 1)
Skinny old dog on the rodeo grounds
Scroungin', sniffin', lookin' around
In a lot of ways,
I'm just like him.

Cause I'm eatin' up scraps off a dinner table
In a greasy café until I'm able
To ride those broncs
Good enough to win

CHORUS