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			     PAPA WAS ARODEO (x02220@1)- Bright Eyes
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A Bright Eyes cover for "Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!". 
The Original is by The Magnetic Fields. I believe in the key of C.


Tuning: Standard

X|-Cadd9--C------Em-----F-------G-------Am------Dm------Dsus4-|

e|-3------0------0------1-------3-------0-------1-------3-----|
B|-3------1------0------1-------3-------1-------3-------3-----|
G|-0------0------0------2-------0-------2-------2-------1-----|
D|-2------2------2------3-------0-------2-------0-------0-----|
A|-3------3------2------3-------2-------0-------X-------X-----|
E|-X------X------0------1-------3-------0-------X-------X-----|

Intro - Cadd9 and C


Verse 1 -

C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)             F (133211@1)       GI (320003@1)like your twisted point of view, Mike
C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)     GI (320003@1)like your questioning eyebrows
C (x32010@1)            Em (022000@1)     
         F (133211@1)     GYou've (320003@1)made it pretty clear what you like
C (x32010@1)       Em (022000@1)             F (133211@1)  GIt's (320003@1)only fair to tell you now
Am (x02210@1)                      Dmthat (xx0231@1)I leave early in the morning
Am (x02210@1)                          Dmand (xx0231@1)I won't be back till next year
Am (x02210@1)                      DmI (xx0231@1)see that kiss-me pucker forming
Am (x02210@1)                                Dm (xx0231@1)  Dsus4but (xx0233@1)maybe you should plug it with a beer, 'cause

Chorus -

C (x32010@1)        GPapa (320003@1)was a rodeo
F (133211@1)        GMama (320003@1)was a rock'n'roll band
C (x32010@1)                 GI (320003@1)could play guitar and rope a steer
F (133211@1)                 Gbefore (320003@1)I learned to stand
C (x32010@1)                    GHome (320003@1)was anywhere with diesel gas
F (133211@1)                  GLove (320003@1)was a trucker's hand
C (x32010@1)                GNever (320003@1)stuck around long enough
F (133211@1)                  Gfor (320003@1)a one-night stand.
Am (x02210@1)                          DmBefore (xx0231@1)you kiss me you should know
Am (x02210@1)             Cadd9Papa (x32030@1)was a rodeo

Verse 2 - 

The light reflecting off the mirror ball
looks like a thousand swirling eyes
They make me think I shouldn't be here at all 
You know, every minute someone dies
What are we doing in this dive bar?
How can you live in a place like this?
Why don't you just get into my car
And I'll take you away
I'll take that kiss now, but

Chorus -

Papa was a rodeo
Mama was a rock'n'roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer
before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas
Love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough
for a one-night stand
Before you kiss me you should know
Papa was a rodeo

Bridge -

C (x32010@1)          EmAnd (022000@1)now it's 55 years later
F (133211@1)                      GWe've (320003@1)had the romance of the century
C (x32010@1)                   Em (022000@1)                     
After all these years wrestling gators
FI (133211@1)still feel like crying
GWhen (320003@1)I think of what you said to me:

Chorus -

"Papa was a rodeo
Mama was a rock'n'roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer
before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas
Love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough
for a one-night stand
Before you kiss me you should know
Papa was a rodeo,"

What a coincidence
Your papa was a rodeo, too

Any queries please PM....