[Intro] D  C  D  C

      D
Small talk, cheap beer and wine
     C
Easy women, wasted time
 G                                   D
Another night with somebody he don't know

              D
He's been the first and been the last
       C
Got no future, had no past
  G                                D
A nameless face in somebody else's show
C                 D
Riding in the rodeo

       G     C      G       C
He's a rodeo rider, sole survivor
G                          D      C
Got to prove that he's the best
G     C      G       C
Rodeo rider, sole survivor
G             D              C
Got to be the fastest in the west

   D
Cheyenne to San Antone
     C
Wild horses and women he's known
     G                                D
Have broken his heart and most of his bones

      D
But today he's gonna ride again
      C
Doin' everything he can to win
  G
A nameless face, but that's
                             D
The only life that he's ever known
C                 D
Riding in the rodeo

       G     C      G       C
He's a rodeo rider, sole survivor
G                          D      C
Got to prove that he's the best
G     C      G       C
Rodeo rider, sole survivor
G             D              C
Got to be the fastest in the west

( D  C  G  D  C  G  D  C  D )

G     C      G       C
Rodeo rider, sole survivor
G                          D      C
Got to prove that he's the best
G     C      G       C
Rodeo rider, sole survivor
G             D              C
Got to be the fastest in the west

G     C      G       C
Rodeo rider, sole survivor
G     C      G       C
Rodeo rider, sole survivor

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