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The Bucking Machine

Key: G

Introduction: G    C    D    G    G    

G                                                                                      C  
I've rode lots of horses and I've won a few shows
D                                                      G  
Ridin' broncos at the big old rodeos
                     G                                                      C  
But the dang-dest contraption that I've ever seen
                     D                                                                                              G  
Is that bucket of bolts called a buckin' ma- chine
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          G                                                                              C  
The kids they were all lined up to give the thing a go
          D                                                                            G  
And when I first saw it, lord, it looked pretty slow
                                                                                     C  
It jumped and it kicked then it turned back and twirled
             D                                                                                    G  
Then I got to thinkin' I'll give it a whirl
             C                                                                              G  
So I pushed through the crowd and I talked to the man
D                                                                    G  
Who had invented this here modified garbage can
     C                                                            G  
I said I'm a twister, and one of the best
                D                                                                                              G  
I'm a wolf of the world, boys, I must con- fess
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             G                                                    C  
I'll bet you a hundred, I said with a grin
             D                                                 G  
I'll spur it so hard its sides will cave in
                                                                                                                  C  
And the bolts and the screws that hold the dang thing together
             D                                                                                                              G  
Will fall down inside it there and short out it motor
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                          G                                                 C  
Well, the man, he said, "Son, I'll take that bet,
                D                                                                 G  
And I won't turn it on 'til you think that you're set"
                                                                     C  
So I got my riggin' and I cinched it on down
                  D                                                                                                    G  
Then I said to old Sam, "Go ahead and turn it on"
                        C                                                                                 G  
Well, it rattled and it groaned, then it started to move
     D                                                                                              G  
I spurred it every jump, and, Lord, it fell mighty smooth
                        C                                                                 G  
The foam rubber was a flyin' right off of its old neck
                     D                                                                                         G  
And the tin underneath, it was startin' to crack
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G  C  D  G  
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     G                                                            C  
I looked at the man and I started to say
             D                                                                      G  
I'll win me that hundred for the end of the day
                                                                                                        C  
Then he grabbed a big ol' lever with a little sly grin
D                                                                                                                              G  
Jammed it up to high gear and locked it right on in
                  C                                                            G  
With a snatch and a jerk and a sharp stabbin' pain
     D                                                      G  
I felt like a hobo tied to an old freight train
        C                                                                              G  
My head, it went to poppin' and I saw all the stars
                     D                                                                                                                 G  
The Big Dipper, The Milky Way, The planet they call Mars
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G                                                                      C  
The next thing I knew I was right there on the ground
                     D                                                                                 G  
Just a- bout thirty feet away from that laughin' crowd
                                                                                C  
So I paid up my hundred and I limped on away
                     D                                                                                                              G  
And the words the man said, I still remember today
                                C                                                            G  
So you're a wolf of the world and a real tough twister
             D                                                                 G  
Well listen real close to some good advise Mister
                  C                                                                                         G  
Keep a ridin' them old broncos, if you're still feelin' mean
                          D                                                                                                    G            C  D  G  
But you'd better keep clear of Sam's buckin' ma- chine