Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Cadd9 and C

Verse 1

I like your twisted point of view, Mike

I like your questioning eyebrows

 You've made it pretty clear what you like

It's only fair to tell you now

that I leave early in the morning

and I won't be back till next year

I see that kiss-me pucker forming

but maybe you should plug it with a beer, 'cause

Chorus

Papa was a rodeo

Mama was a rock'n'roll band

I could play guitar and rope a steer

before I learned to stand

Home was anywhere with diesel gas

Love was a trucker's hand

Never stuck around long enough

for a one-night stand.

Before you kiss me you should know

Papa was a rodeo

Verse 2

The light reflecting off the mirror ball

looks like a thousand swirling eyes

They make me think I shouldn't be here at all

You know, every minute someone dies

What are we doing in this dive bar?

How can you live in a place like this?

Why don't you just get into my car

And I'll take you away

I'll take that kiss now, but

Chorus

Papa was a rodeo

Mama was a rock'n'roll band

I could play guitar and rope a steer

before I learned to stand

Home was anywhere with diesel gas

Love was a trucker's hand

Never stuck around long enough

for a one-night stand

Before you kiss me you should know

Papa was a rodeo

Bridge

And now it's 55 years later

We've had the romance of the century

After all these years wrestling gators

I still feel like crying

When I think of what you said to me:

Chorus

"Papa was a rodeo

Mama was a rock'n'roll band

I could play guitar and rope a steer

before I learned to stand

Home was anywhere with diesel gas

Love was a trucker's hand

Never stuck around long enough

for a one-night stand

Before you kiss me you should know

Papa was a rodeo,"

What a coincidence

Your papa was a rodeo, too

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