Chestnut Mare Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

D A6 Bm G G F♯bass A7 A7sus Em C C A♯ass

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

DAlwaA6ys alBmone,

Gnever GwiF♯bassth a A7herd

DPrettiest A6mare I've Bmever seen,

Gyou'll GhaF♯bassve to take my A7word

G G/F♯ bass Em A7 D A6 Bm

I'm going to catch that horse if I can

G G/F♯ bass Em A7 D A6 Bm

and when I do I'll give her my brand

DWell I was A6up on Stony RidBmge

Gafter this GchF♯bassestnut mare, Embeen chasing her for A7weeks

DOh I'd catcA6h a glimpse of Bmher every once in a while

G G/F#bass Em A7 (A7sus A7) D

taking her meal, bathing, fine lady

A6This one day I Bmhappen to be real close to her

Gand I saw her standing oveGr F♯bassthere Em

 so IA7 snuck up on her DniceA6 anBmd easy

 got my rope out G G F♯bass

Emand I flung it in the aiA7r!

Chorus

G G/F♯ bass Em A7 D A6 Bm

I'm going to catch that horse if I can

G G/F♯ bass Em A7 D A6 Bm

and when I do I'll give her my brand

GAnd GweF♯bass'll be Emfriends for life

GShe'll GbeF♯bass just like a Emwife

GI'm GgoF♯bassing to Emcatch that A7horse if I DcanA6 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

(Canyon music!)

D (A bass, B bass) C C/B bass Em

Above the hills, higher than eagles were gliding

(Ebass, F# bass)

Gsuspended in the Dsky

Dover the hill

 (A bass, B bass)

C C/B bass Em

straight for the sun we were riding

 (E bass, F♯ bass)

G G/F♯ bass Asus

my eyes were filled with light

Dbehind those black walls

 (A bass, B bass) C C/B bass Em

below was a bottomless canyon

(Ebass, F# bass)

Gfloating with no Dsound

Dghosts far below

 (A bass, B bass)

C C/B bass Em

seemed to be suddenly rising

Gexploding GalF♯bassl aroundAsus

(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)