The Ballad Of The Buckless Yooper chords

[G]Up in the land of copper, where the Norwood pines stand tall
[C]From the ore in Iron Mountain to the straits of Ma[G]ckinaw
[G]Lived a man named Reuben, Reuben Soady was his[Em] name
[D]Every open day of deer camp, he hung his head in sh[G]ame
[G]Reuben, he loved huntin’, but he never had no luck
After thirt[C]y years of tryin’, well, he still ain’t bagged a[G] buck
[G]Some say he’s unlucky, some say he’s just[Em] cursed
[D]Some say when he pulled that trigger, Reuben was the[G] worst

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[G]There goes a buckless Yooper, hang your head in shame
[C]There goes a buckless Yooper, hang your head in s[G]hame
[G]There goes a buckless Yooper, hang your head in s[Em]hame
In the Escan[D]aba moonlight, Reuben Soady was his[G] name
[G]Wolf Moon Dance, she loved him, loved him through and through
[C]Short of shootin’ for him, there was nothin’ she could [G]do
[G]She made a secret potion, sealed it with a [Em]kiss
[D]While Reuben squeezed that porcupine and doused himself with [G]piss
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Reuben danced around the campfire, Reuben howled up at the moon
[C]Reuben changed the air around him till kisakees f[G]illed the room

[G]But the cards changed all their numbers and white light ran ‘cross the[Em] ridge
And sweet[D] sap turned to syrup and Jimmer’s Chevy took [G]a shit

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[Em]He’s the Mother Theresa of deer hunters, Ba[D]mbi’s best fr[G]iend
He was th[Em]e U.P.’s answer to the q[D]uestion that never [G]ends
[Em]He couldn’t hit a house if he was st[D]andin’ in[G]side
And eve[C]ry buck knew Reuben Soady would bring ‘em -- back al[D]ive

[G]Well, the night turned black as ice, there came a vision clear as day
Reuben st[C]arted seeing things that wouldn’t go a[G]way
[G]His heart skipped a beat and his eyes went wide as he crept across the [Em]floor
[D]And he saw something no Yooper had ever seen [G]before
[G]Outside Reuben’s window was a wolf with a woodchuck nose
The fu[C]r of a mean old grizzly bear from his head down to his t[G]oes
[G]He had the eyes of a coon and the teeth of a pike
And the [Em]claws of a wolverine, and when he yell[D]ed E -- I – E
Reuben f[G]ell down on his knees

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[G]Well, some say he went crazy, some say he went nuts
Some say R[C]euben lost his mind, no Ifs-Ands-or-B[G]uts
[G]But it’s written in the Soady logbook, plain as the day is[Em] long
[D]Right there for all posterior – everybody sing al[G]ong –

[Repeat Chorus twice, and on second time repeat final line]

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