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Somewhere on the prairie a yellow stud runs free,
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runnin through the sagebrush down through the coolies.
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and there not far behind him, a cowboy rides along.
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He's gonna try to catch him and break him for his own.
[2nd verse] Cm Eb F Ab
The chase goes on all mornin and late into the day
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the cowboy changes horses he staked along the way
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the stud is growin weaker now and gettin short of wind
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he runs into a trap corral the cowboy shuts him in
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The yellow stud with wild eyes, the feared, hated man
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finally standin face to face in the hot, dusty sand
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the battle starts and rages on beneath the burnin sun
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the cowoboy tried but couldn't ride this yellow outlaw stud.
[4th verse] Spoken only Cm Eb F Ab
He sold him to a rodeo, and it spread thoughout the land
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the legend of this yellow stud, the baddest of the bad
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(sing)And then one day at cheyenne we knew it had to come
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the best of all bronc riders, he drew that yellow stud
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the wooden gate few open and the stud had bailed out high
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an explosion of yellow horse seemed to fill the sky
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the stud kept gettin stronger and thrashin up the earth
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the cowboy blew a stirrup and crashed into the dirt.
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so violently the stud had bucked that he slipped and fell.
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as he went down his backbone snapped
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the yellow stud lay still
[7th verse] Spoken only Cm Eb F Ab
As the cowboys gathered round him, i heard one of em say
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There'll never be another bronc like the one that died today
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But out there on the prairie there's a mare with mustang blood
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