[Intro: ](G)  (G)  (G)  (G) 

Oh I’m like a (G) bat outta hell outta (D) shoot number (G) nine  
Lord I’m looking for eight  
God it’s (D) been along (G) time  
I’m tied to the hot seat in the (C) heat of the (G) battle  
You gotta give it all you got just to (D) stay in the (G) saddle  

Yeah, Well I (C) ride 'em high and (G) ride 'em low  
The only (D) life for me is the (G) rodeo  
Got a (C) pot of gold waiting in (G) every town  
I gotta ride (D) this (C) horse (G) down  

I got a (G) one horse trailer gotta a (D) duely truck (G)  
She could use a tank of gas come (D) on lady (G) luck  
I live high on the hog I eat (C) pork and (G) beans  
And lord I sleep off the whiskey when I (D) dream big dr(G)eams  

Yeah, Well I (C) ride 'em high and (G) ride 'em low  
The only (D) life for me is the (G) rodeo  
Got a (C) pot of gold waiting in (G) every town  
I gotta ride (D) this (C) horse (G) down  

Solo:  (C)  (G)  (D)  (G)  (C)  (G)  (D)  (C)  (G)  (G) 

(G) Pretty girls slide through my (D) heart like the (G) wind  
You know there ain't no future in (D) cowboy (G) men  
Well I can take a fall and (C) I can (G) pain  
Ain't gonna climb on board that old (D) heartbreak tr(G)ain  

Yeah, Well I (C) ride 'em high and (G) ride 'em low  
The only (D) life for me is the (G) rodeo  
Got a (C) pot of gold waiting in (G) every town  
I gotta ride (D) this (C) horse (G) down  

Yeah, Well I (C) ride 'em high and (G) ride 'em low  
The only (D) life for me is the (G) rodeo  
Got a (C) pot of gold waiting in (G) every town 
I gotta ride (D) this (C) horse (G) down  
I gotta ride (D) this (C) horse (G) down  
I gotta ride (D) this (C) horse (G) down  

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