Chestnut Mare

# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - please note - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # this file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song . you may only use this file for private study , scholarship , or research . # # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # chestnut mare ( 12 str gtr ) Intro D F#m Bm G Em A7 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - | - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 3 - - - 2 - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D F#m Bm G Bm A7 always alone never with a herd D F#m Bm prettiest mare ive ever seen G Bm A7 youll have to take my word Chorus G Bm Em A7 D F#m Bm A7 im gonna catch that horse if i can G Bm Em A7 D F#m Bm A7 and when i do ill give her my brand G Bm Em and well be friends for life G Bm Em shell be just like a wife G Bm Em A7 D F#m Bm A7 im gonna catch that horse if i can verses well i was up on stony ridge after this chestnut mare i’d been chasin’ her for weeks now . oh , i’d catch a little glimpse of her every once in a while; she’d be off takin’ her meal , or bathin’; she was a real fine lady! this one day i saw her standin’ over there in a clearing , so i snuck up to her nice and easy . i waited for the wind to blow just the right way , and i got my rope out and i flung it in the air! well i got her , and i’m pullin’ on her , she’s pullin’ back like a mule tryin’ to climb up a laddEr . i take this chance and i jump up on her . danged if i don’t land right on top of her the first time . well she takes off , runnin’ up on to that ridge , higher than i’ve ever been before . we’re runnin’ along just fine , and then she sees a sidewinder , all coiled up ready to strike . well that spooks her , and she jumps off the edge . . . me holdin’ on! and we were falling down this crevice , about a mile down there i’d say! i look down and i see this red thing below us . turned out to be our reflection in a little pool of water , about si xfeet wide , and only one foot deep , and we’re comin’ down at it! finally we hit and we splashed that pool dry . well that’s when i lost my hold and she got away . but i’m never gonna’ give up , i’m gonna’ get her again some day! 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