(song in 6/8 time) Chords by maceo: mace0.miller@yahoo.com Capo 2nd fret (all chords relative to capo) (1x) = 1 half of a measure (2x) = 2 halfs of a measure .. Em 022000 Em[2] X79987 Am X02210 C X32010 C/B X22010 Dm xx0231 Dm[2] X57765 in the first part of the song he sometimes plays hammer-ons with some of the chord-notes: 000000 Em 022000 X00000 Am X02210 (listen to the song for the rhythm) __________________________________________ The real people went away Em Am But I'll find a better word, someday Em Leaving only me and my dreams Am (5x) Em[2] (3x) Em My cattle....... and a resonator I drove all the beast down right under your nose The lumbering footloose power Am (5x) The bull and the rose Em[2] (3x) Em Don't touch them don't try to hurt them Am (5x) Em[2] (3x) Em My cattle....................ts ts C Am C Am I drove them by the crops and thought the crops were lost C Am Em I consoled myself with rudimentary thoughts C Am C Am And I set my watch against the city clock Em It was way off ||: G C C/B Am C Yeah one thing about this wild, wild country G It takes a strong, strong C C/B Am C It breaks a strong, strong mind :|| G C And anything less, anything less C/B Am C Makes me feel like I'm wasting my time Em Am Em Am But the pain and frustration, is not mine Em Am Em It belongs to the cattle, through the valley Dm (or D5 etc.) And when my cattle turns on me Am Em I was knocked back flat Dm Am Em I was knocked out cold for one clack of the train track Dm Am Em Then I rose a colossal hand buried, buried in sand Am Em I rose like a drover Am Em For I am in the end a drover Am Em A drover by trade Am Em When my cattle turns on me Am Em Am (4X) Em[2] (4x) I am a drover, double fold Em[2] My cattle bears it all away for me and everyone Dm[2] Am One, one, one, one, one, one, one ...(another 8 times) (as above) G C C/B Am C Yeah one thing about this wild, wild country G It takes a strong, strong C C/B Am C It breaks a strong, strong mind G C And anything less, anything less C/B Am C Em Makes me feel like I'm wasting my time END