Bobby Bare - Calgary Snow Chords

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Last Friday she said to me, hey Billy Joe, did you know either me or the rodeo goes? 

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so I packed up and left her in Waco and drove up to ride on the bulls in the Calgary snow 

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saw a sign that said riders and hauled all my rigging inside 

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where the fellas was braggin', and drawing stock we would ride 

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I was doin' the same till I looked at the name that id drawn 

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then I stood there and silently cried 

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oh you Calgary snow 

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I cant let the rodeo go 

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hurtin' more than my pride on a bull I cant ride 

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lays me low, in the Calgary snow 

 

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well, I knew I was beat in the hat when I drew it  

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and it started me drinkin', to think of the brute 

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till I managed to wreck my left knee and my ankle between the damn bull and the side of the shoot 

 

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and I'm thinkin' out loud as I fly through the clouds to the ground 

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hey Billy, maybe you aint' the most dynamite rider around 

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cause your kickin' to late comin' out of the gate boy but you're great comin' gracefully down 

 

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well, I know that I'm blown in the shoot on the first go round 

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so I give 'em my ole "what the hell" grin as I get up off the ground 

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and right then I'm thinkin' I aint' taken to Calgary much 

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ain't nothin' back in my room but a broom I can use for a crutch 

 

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And its cold, lord, its cold in the Calgary wind 

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when you knowin' that you gott'a ride the day morning again 

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ain't no whiskey nor either nor platens nor pills 

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gon'na deaden the pain and chills  

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of the Calgary wind 

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but what more is a broken down rodeo cowboy to do? 

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but stove up in Canada watchin' his bruises turn blue 

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there's only one road gon'na lead back to Waco and you 

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and it runs out of shoot number two 

 

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oh you Calgary snow 

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I cant let that rodeo go 

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hurtin' more than my pride on a bull  I cant ride 

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lays me low in the Calgary snow