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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.
    Cm              Eb          F             Ab
and there not far behind him, a cowboy rides along.
     Cm           F             G                 Cm
He's gonna try to catch him and break him for his own.

[2nd verse]
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The chase goes on all mornin and late into the day
    Cm             Eb        G                G
the cowboy changes horses he staked along the way
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the stud is growin weaker now and gettin short of wind
   Cm          F               G                Cm
he runs into a trap corral the cowboy shuts him in

[3rd verse]
     Cm               Eb              F            Ab
The yellow stud with wild eyes, the feared, hated man
 Cm             Eb                  G          G
finally standin face to face in the hot, dusty sand
     Cm               Eb          F               Ab
the battle starts and rages on beneath the burnin sun
     Cm                F                  G             Cm
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
    Cm             Eb               G              G
the legend of this yellow stud, the baddest of the bad
           Cm               Eb          F             Ab
(sing)And then one day at cheyenne we knew it had to come
     Cm               F          G                Cm
the best of all bronc riders, he drew that yellow stud

[5th verse]
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the wooden gate few open and the stud had bailed out high
     Cm         Eb           G                  G
an explosion of yellow horse seemed to fill the sky
    Cm               Eb           F               Ab
the stud kept gettin stronger and thrashin up the earth
     Cm            F          G                Cm
the cowboy blew a stirrup and crashed into the dirt.

[6th verse]
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so violently the stud had bucked that he slipped and fell.
   Cm               F
as he went down his backbone snapped
    G               Cm
the yellow stud lay still

[7th verse] Spoken only
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As the cowboys gathered round him, i heard one of em say
         Cm        Eb                    G
There'll never be another bronc like the one that died today
        Cm           Eb                F                 Ab
But out there on the prairie there's a mare with mustang blood
      Cm                 F          G               Cm
and a colt runs close beside her, a yellow outlaw stud