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[Verse 1]
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The lights in the arena and the crowd in the stands
        Bm
Fifteen hundred pounds of bull gripped tight in your hands
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Announcer says your name and the crowd goes wild
         Bm                                 A
I've had rodeo dreams since I was a child

[Chorus]
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I ride in a rodeo a few times a year
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Get stomped and bucked and then
  A
I ride enough, I get muddy and bloody
       Bm       A    D
Then I swear it off again

[Instrumental]
D     G  D  A     Bm  A  D

[Verse 2]
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I've been trampled and broken and left in the dirt
    Bm
Cheered by fans through ten years of hurt
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Now I've hung up my number, there's a ranch I run
        Bm                                            A
Where a man can make a living working out in the sun

[Chorus]
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Still I ride in a rodeo a few times a year
    G           D          A
Get stomped and bucked and then
  A
I ride enough, I get muddy and bloody
       Bm       A    D
Then I swear it off again

[Instrumental]
D     G  D  A     Bm  A  D
C  G  Am  x2

[Verse 3]
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My rodeo buddy he's doing real good
     Bm
He's holding on longer than they thought that he could
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He's got a chance in Vegas at the glory and the wealth
 Bm                                        A
Some nights I wonder could I do it myself

[Chorus]
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So I ride in a rodeo a few times a year
    G           D          A
Get stomped and bucked and then
  A
I ride enough, I get muddy and bloody
       Bm       A    D
Then I swear it off again

[Chorus]
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Yeah, I ride in a rodeo a few times a year
    G           D          A
Get stomped and bucked and then
  A
I ride enough, I get muddy and bloody
       Bm       A    D
Then I swear it off again