The Bucking Machine

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[Verse 1]
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I've rode lots of horses and I've 
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won a few shows
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Ridin' broncos at the big old rodeos
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But the dang-dest contraption that 
I've ever seen
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Is that bucket of bolts called a 
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buckin' ma- chine

[Verse 2]
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The kids they were all lined up to 
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give the thing a go
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And when I first saw it, lord, it 
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looked pretty slow
It jumped and it kicked then it 
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turned back and twirled
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Then I got to thinkin' I'll give it
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 a whirl

[Chorus]
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So I pushed through the crowd and I
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 talked to the man
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Who had invented this here modified 
garbage can
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I said I'm a twister, and one of the
 best
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I'm a wolf of the world, boys, I 
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must con- fess

[Verse 3]
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I'll bet you a hundred, I said with 
a grin
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I'll spur it so hard its sides will 
cave in
And the bolts and the screws that 
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hold the dang thing together
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Will fall down inside it there and 
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short out it motor

[Verse 4]
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Well, the man, he said, "Son, I'll 
take that bet,
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And I won't turn it on 'til you 
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think that you're set"
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So I got my riggin' and I cinched it
 on down
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Then I said to old Sam, "Go ahead 
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and turn it on"

[Chorus]
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Well, it rattled and it groaned, 
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then it started to move
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I spurred it every jump, and, Lord,
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 it fell mighty smooth
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The foam rubber was a flyin' right 
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off of its old neck
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And the tin underneath, it was 
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startin' to crack

[Harmonica solo]
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[Verse 5]
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I looked at the man and I started to
 say
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I'll win me that hundred for the end
 of the day
Then he grabbed a big ol' lever with
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 a little sly grin
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Jammed it up to high gear and 
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locked it right on in

[Chorus]
       C                       G
With a snatch and a jerk and a sharp
 stabbin' pain
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I felt like a hobo tied to an old 
freight train
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My head, it went to poppin' and I 
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saw all the stars
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The Big Dipper, The Milky Way, The 
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planet they call Mars

[Verse 6]
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The next thing I knew I was right 
there on the ground
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Just a- bout thirty feet away from 
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that laughin' crowd
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So I paid up my hundred and I limped
 on away
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And the words the man said, I still
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 remember today

[Chorus]
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So you're a wolf of the world and a
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 real tough twister
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Well listen real close to some good 
advise Mister
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Keep a ridin' them old broncos, if 
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you're still feelin' mean
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But you'd better keep clear of 
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Sam's buckin' ma- chine