James McMurtry - No More Buffalo guitar chord

James Mcurty

It had to happen

No More Buffalo

Tabbed by DAB

G D A D

I guess we knew the cards were stacked

G D A

started out the best of friends

G D A D

and we beat that highway 'till it quit beating back

G D A D G D A D

it didn't mean much in the end some you win, some you lose

G D A

some you throw away

G D A D

we headed South across those Colorado plains

G D A G D A D

just as empty as the day we looked around at all we saw

G

remembered all we'd hoped to see

looking out through the bugs on the windshield

G D A

somebody said to me

(chorus)

G D

no more buffalo

G D

blue skies or open road

G D

no more rodeo

B A

no more noise

G D

take this Cadillac

G D

park it out in back

G D

mama's calling

G A

put away the toys

don't chase that carrot

'till it makes you sick

what do you think you're gonna prove

just let it dangle

'till it falls off that stick

that's when you make your move

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