Chestnut Mare
The Byrds • Key:
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Chestnut Mare
The Byrds
#From: moskowit@panix.com (Len Moskowitz)
D
Alwa
A6
ys al
Bm
one,
G
never
G/F#bass
with a
A7
herd
D
Prettiest
A6
mare I've
Bm
ever seen,
G
you'll
G/F#bass
have to take my
A7
word
G
I'm
G/F#
going
bass
to
Em
catch that
A7
horse if I
D
can
A6
Bm
G
and
G/F#
when
bass
I
Em
do I'll giv
A7
e her my br
D
and
A6
Bm
D
Well I was
A6
up on Stony Rid
Bm
ge
G
after this
G/F#bass
chestnut mare,
Em
been chasing her for
A7
weeks
D
Oh I'd catc
A6
h a glimpse of
Bm
her every once in a while
G
taking
G/F#bass
her meal,
Em
bathin
A7
g, f
A7sus
ine la
A7
dy
D
A6
This one day I
Bm
happen to be real close to her
G
and I saw her standing ove
G/F#bass
r there
Em
so I
A7
snuck up on her
D
nice
A6
an
Bm
d easy
got my rope out
G
G/F#bass
Em
and I flung it in the ai
A7
r!
CHORUS
G
I'm
G/F#bass
going to
Em
catch that
A7
horse if I
D
can
A6
Bm
G
and
G/F#
when
bass
I
Em
do I'll giv
A7
e her my br
D
and
A6
Bm
G
And
G/F#bass
we'll be
Em
friends for life
G
She'll
G/F#bass
be just like a
Em
wife
G
I'm
G/F#bass
going to
Em
catch that
A7
horse if I
D
can
A6
Bm
And I got her and I'm pulling on her
And she's pulling back like this mule going up a ladder
And I take a choice and I jump right up on her
Damned if I don't land right on top of her
And she takes off, running up onto the ridge
higher than I've ever been before
She's running along just fine
'til she stops and something spooked her
it's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike
she doesn't know what to do for a second,
but then, she jumps off the edge, me holding on
D
Above
Abass
the hill
Bbass
s, highe
C
r than eagle
C/Bbass
s were glidi
Em
ng
(Ebass, F# bass)
G
suspended in the
D
sky
D
over the hill
(A bass, B bass)
C
straight for the
C/Bbass
sun we were r
Em
iding
(E bass, F# bass)
G
my eyes were
G/F#bass
filled with
Asus
light
D
behind those black walls
b
Abass
elow was
Bbass
a botto
C
ml
C/Bbass
ess canyon
Em
(Ebass, F# bass)
G
floating with no
D
sound
D
ghosts far below
(A bass, B bass)
C
seemed to be
C/B
sudd
bass
enly
Em
rising
G
exploding
G/F#bass
all around
Asus
Chorus
We were falling
down this crevice
about about a mile down it seem
and I looked down
And I see this red thing below us coming up real fast
and it's our reflection that's
this little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep
We're falling down right through it
We hit, we splashed it dry
that's when I lost my hold
and she got away
but I'm gonna try and get her again some day
Chorus
D A6 Bm G G/F#bass A7 A7sus Em C C/Bbass
2 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 x x
3 2 3 3 3 2 3 0 1 1
2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 4 4 0 0 2 2 2 2 2
0 x x 2 2 0 0 2 3 2
x x x 3 2 x x 0 x x
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