• Song:

    Chestnut Mare

  • Artist:

    The Byrds

  • Album:

    (Untitled)

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From: moskowit@panix.com (Len Moskowitz)
Subject: CRD: Chestnut Mare (The Byrds)

Chestnut Mare (R. McGuinn, J. Levy)


D  A6  Bm  G  G/F#bass  A7  A7sus  Em  C   C/Bbass

2  2   2   3   3        0   0      0   x    x
3  2   3   3   3        2   3      0   1    1
2  2   4   0   0        0   0      0   0    0
0  4   4   0   0        2   2      2   2    2
0  x   x   2   2        0   0      2   3    2
x  x   x   3   2        x   x      0   x    x

D (xx0232@1) A6 (x04xxx@1) BmAlways (x24432@1)alone,

G (320003@1)   G/F#bass   A7never (x02020@1)with a     herd

D (xx0232@1)       A6 (x04xxx@1)      BmPrettiest (x24432@1)mare I've ever seen,

G (320003@1)    G/F#bass        A7you'll (x02020@1)have to take my word

G (320003@1) G/F#bass (320002@1)Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)       D (xx0232@1)A6 (x04xxx@1)BmI'm (x24432@1)going to  catch that horse if I can

G (320003@1) G/F#bass (320002@1)Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)       D (xx0232@1)A6 (x04xxx@1)Bmand (x24432@1)when I    do I'll give her my brand

D (xx0232@1)        A6 (x04xxx@1)           BmWell (x24432@1)I was up on Stony Ridge

G (320003@1)        G/F#bass       Em (022000@1)                 A7after (x02020@1)this chestnut mare, been chasing her for weeks

D (xx0232@1)        A6 (x04xxx@1)           BmOh (x24432@1)I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while

G (320003@1)   G/F#bass   Em (022000@1)  A7(A7sus (x02020@1)A7)  Dtaking (xx0232@1)her meal, bathing, fine lady

A6 (x04xxx@1)           BmThis (x24432@1)one day I happen to be real close to her

G (320003@1)                       G/F#bass Emand (022000@1)I saw her standing over there

    A7 (x02020@1)             D (xx0232@1) A6 (x04xxx@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm
so I snuck up on her nice and easy

                GG/F#bass (320003@1)got my rope out

Em (022000@1)                    A7and (x02020@1)I flung it in the air!

CHORUS

G (320003@1) G/F#bass (320002@1)Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)       D (xx0232@1)A6 (x04xxx@1)BmI'm (x24432@1)going to  catch that horse if I can

G (320003@1) G/F#bass (320002@1)Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)       D (xx0232@1)A6 (x04xxx@1)Bmand (x24432@1)when I    do I'll give her my brand

G   G/F#bass Em
And we'll be friends for life

G (320003@1)    G/F#bass       EmShe'll (022000@1)be just like a wife

G (320003@1) G/F#bass Em (022000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)       D (xx0232@1)A6 (x04xxx@1)BmI'm (x24432@1)going to catch that horse if I can

And I got her and I'm pulling on her
And she's pulling back like this mule going up a ladder
And I take a choice and I jump right up on her
Damned if I don't land right on top of her
And she takes off, running up onto the ridge
higher than I've ever been before
She's running along just fine
'til she stops and something spooked her
it's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike
she doesn't know what to do for a second,
but then, she jumps off the edge, me holding on

(Canyon music!)

D (xx0232@1)  (A bass, Bbass) (x2444x@1)C (x32010@1)         C/Bbass (x2555x@1)   EmAbove (022000@1)the hills, higher than eagles were gliding

(Ebass, F# bass)
G (320003@1)              Dsuspended (xx0232@1)in the sky

Dover (xx0232@1)the hill

(A bass, B bass)
C (x32010@1)              C/Bbass (x2555x@1)    Emstraight (022000@1)for the sun we were riding

(E bass, F# bass)
G (320003@1)          G/F#bass (320002@1)     Asusmy (x02230@1)eyes were filled    with light


Dbehind (xx0232@1)those black walls

(A bass, B bass) C C/B bass    Em
below was a bottomless canyon

(Ebass, F# bass)
G (320003@1)              Dfloating (xx0232@1)with no sound

Dghosts (xx0232@1)far below

(A bass, B bass)
C (x32010@1)          C/Bbass (x2555x@1)Emseemed (022000@1)to be suddenly rising

G (320003@1)       G/F#bass  Asusexploding (x02230@1)all around


(Chorus)


We were falling
down this crevice
about about a mile down it seem
and I looked down
And I see this red thing below us coming up real fast
and it's our reflection that's
this little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep
We're falling down right through it
We hit, we splashed it dry
that's when I lost my hold
and she got away
but I'm gonna try and get her again some day

(Chorus)

--
Len Moskowitz
moskowit@panix.com

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