Artist: Tom Russell
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[INTRO]
[G]
[VERSE 1]
Down a one lane road,[D] there’s a dusty [Em]fairground [C]
Where I learned the [G]bronc trade,[D] I fell in [G]love
With a blue eyed twister[D] and her smoky [Em]whisper [C]
She said they [G]call me[D] the Cimarron [G]Dove
[VERSE 2]
We’d spool our bedrolls[D] on down to[Em]gether [C]
My calloused [G]hands[D] comb through her [G]hair
She’d stare at a star[D] through an old mes[Em]quite tree [C]
"See that moon [G]shadow,[D] there’s a bucking horse [G]there”
[CHORUS]
Sweet bird of [Am7]youth, no easy [G]keeper
Flown with the [Am7]seasons,[C] all too [D]soon
Beneath Mo[C]ntana's blue roan [Bm]sky
Nevada’s [Am]starlight[C] and a bucking horse [G]moon
[VERSE 3]
Our love reeled out[D] like a western [Em]movie [C]
Down hard worn [G]highways,[D] through the rodeo [G]towns
Wrapped in her wings,[D] for the midnight [Em]flying [C]
That bucking horse [G]moon[D] kept shining [G]down
[BRIDGE]
Bucking horse [Em]moon on the hood of the [Bm]truck
She’d smile and [C]say, "That means good [G]luck”
Bucking horse [Em]shadow, through the purple [Bm]sage
We’ll ride for[C]ever, our love won’t [D]age
[VERSE 4]
But heart and [G]bones[D] are made for [Em]breaking [C]
The Cimarron[G] Dove[D]’s flown with the [G]wind
Then a bronc in Prescott,[D] rolled on my [Em]back [C]
I’ll never [G]ride[D] rough-stock a[G]gain
[CHORUS]
Sweet bird of [Am7]youth, no easy [G]keeper
Flown with the [Am7]seasons,[C] all too [D]soon
Beneath Mo[C]ntana's blue roan [Bm]sky
Nevada’s [Am]starlight[C] and a bucking horse [G]moon [Am] [C] [G]
[VERSE 6]
I lost my youth[D] on the dusty [Em]fairgrounds [C]
I’m an old bronc [G]fighter,[D] long past high [G]noon
But on a haunted night-wind,[D] I can hear her [Em]whispering [C]
As I search the [G]heavens,[D] for the bucking horse [G]moon [C]
The Cimarron[G] Dove[D] and the bucking horse [G]moon
[CHORUS]
Sweet bird of [Am7]youth, no easy [G]keeper
Flown with the [Am7]seasons,[C] all too [D]soon
Beneath Mo[C]ntana's blue roan [Bm]sky
Nevada’s [Am]starlight[C] and a bucking horse [G]moon [Am] [C] [G]
My omen [Am]sundown[C] and a bucking horse [G]moon [Am] [C] [G]
[INTRO]
[G]
[VERSE 1]
Down a one lane road,[D] there’s a dusty [Em]fairground [C]
Where I learned the [G]bronc trade,[D] I fell in [G]love
With a blue eyed twister[D] and her smoky [Em]whisper [C]
She said they [G]call me[D] the Cimarron [G]Dove
[VERSE 2]
We’d spool our bedrolls[D] on down to[Em]gether [C]
My calloused [G]hands[D] comb through her [G]hair
She’d stare at a star[D] through an old mes[Em]quite tree [C]
"See that moon [G]shadow,[D] there’s a bucking horse [G]there”
[CHORUS]
Sweet bird of [Am7]youth, no easy [G]keeper
Flown with the [Am7]seasons,[C] all too [D]soon
Beneath Mo[C]ntana's blue roan [Bm]sky
Nevada’s [Am]starlight[C] and a bucking horse [G]moon
[VERSE 3]
Our love reeled out[D] like a western [Em]movie [C]
Down hard worn [G]highways,[D] through the rodeo [G]towns
Wrapped in her wings,[D] for the midnight [Em]flying [C]
That bucking horse [G]moon[D] kept shining [G]down
[BRIDGE]
Bucking horse [Em]moon on the hood of the [Bm]truck
She’d smile and [C]say, "That means good [G]luck”
Bucking horse [Em]shadow, through the purple [Bm]sage
We’ll ride for[C]ever, our love won’t [D]age
[VERSE 4]
But heart and [G]bones[D] are made for [Em]breaking [C]
The Cimarron[G] Dove[D]’s flown with the [G]wind
Then a bronc in Prescott,[D] rolled on my [Em]back [C]
I’ll never [G]ride[D] rough-stock a[G]gain
[CHORUS]
Sweet bird of [Am7]youth, no easy [G]keeper
Flown with the [Am7]seasons,[C] all too [D]soon
Beneath Mo[C]ntana's blue roan [Bm]sky
Nevada’s [Am]starlight[C] and a bucking horse [G]moon [Am] [C] [G]
[VERSE 6]
I lost my youth[D] on the dusty [Em]fairgrounds [C]
I’m an old bronc [G]fighter,[D] long past high [G]noon
But on a haunted night-wind,[D] I can hear her [Em]whispering [C]
As I search the [G]heavens,[D] for the bucking horse [G]moon [C]
The Cimarron[G] Dove[D] and the bucking horse [G]moon
[CHORUS]
Sweet bird of [Am7]youth, no easy [G]keeper
Flown with the [Am7]seasons,[C] all too [D]soon
Beneath Mo[C]ntana's blue roan [Bm]sky
Nevada’s [Am]starlight[C] and a bucking horse [G]moon [Am] [C] [G]
My omen [Am]sundown[C] and a bucking horse [G]moon [Am] [C] [G]
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