No More Buffalo Chords & Lyrics - James Mcmurtry

I [G]guess we kne[D]w the cards[A] were st[D]acked
[G]started o[D]ut the best of [A]friends
and we [G]beat that [D]highway 'till it [A]quit beating [D]back
it [G]didn't mean [D]much in the [A]end[D] s[G]ome you [D]win, [A]some you [D]lose
[G]some you [D]throw away[A]
[G]we headed [D]South across those C[A]olorado [D]plains
[G]just as emp[D]ty as the [A]day we[G] looked ar[D]ound at al[A]l we saw[D]
[G]remembered all we'd hoped to see

looking out through the bugs on the windshield
[G]somebody [D]said to [A]me

[CHORUS]
[G]no more [D]buffalo
[G]blue skies or [D]open road
[G]no more r[D]odeo
[B]no more [A]noise
[G]take this [D]Cadillac
[G]park it ou[D]t in back
[G]mama's ca[D]lling
[G]put away the [A]toys

d[G]on't chase t[D]hat carrot [A]'till it[D] makes you sick
w[G]hat do you t[D]hink you're[A] gonna p[D]rove
j[G]ust let it d[D]angle, 'til[A]l it fal[D]ls off that stick
t[G]hat's when y[D]ou make you[A]r move [D]

don't go chasing after shooting stars
trying to make yourself a name
you could joust at the windmills
with that old Fender guitar
you'd probably do about the same

[CHORUS]

I never thought they'd ever doubt my words
I guess they were just too tired to care
I'd point to the horizon
to the dust of the herds
still hovering in the air
somebody said it aint any such
man you wish so hard you're scaring me
and those are combines kicking up that dust
but I guess you can see what you want to see
you can keep on chasing what used to be there
top that rise and face the pain

but man they were here
they were here I swear
not just these bleaching bones
stretching across the plain

(chorus)hey broke into your car last night,
took the stereo