E                            A
Let's have a hand for that young cowboy
A                            E
And wish him better luck next time
E                         B7
And hope we see him up in Fargo
B7                            E
Or somewhere farther down the line
E                         A
This time he sure drew a bad one
A                     E
One that nobody could ride
E                            B7
But by the way he pulled his hat on
B7                             E
You knew he'd be there for the fight

[Chorus]
E                         A         D D A
And it's the classic contradiction
A                   E
The unavoidable affliction
E                          B7
Well it don't take much to predict son
B7                E
The way it always goes
E                         A             D D A
'Cause one day she'll say she loves you
A                             E
And the next she'll be tired of you
E                          B7
And push'll always come to shove you
B7                   E
On that midnight rodeo

[Verse 2]
E                        A
He almost made it to the buzzer
A                         E
Somehow he gave up in the end
E                          B7
He put one hand around the other
B7                         E
And let that pickup man on in
E                             A
And it was his last chance to ride her
A                          E
And now he'll have to move along
E                        B7
But he knows back in his mind that
B7                    E
He won't be away for long

[Chorus]
E                     A             D D A
And it's the classic contradiction
A                    E
It's the unavoidable affliction
E                          B7
It don't take much to predict son
B7                E
The way it always goes
E                              A         D D A
Because one day she'll say she loves you
A                               E
And the next she'll be tired of you
E                          B7
And push'll always come to shove you
B7               E
On that midnight rodeo

[Outro]
E                                   A       D D A
So let's have a hand for that young cowboy
A                             E
And wish him better luck next time
E                         B7
And hope we see him up in Fargo
B7                            E      D A E
Or somewhere farther down the line