Old Vaquero

Intro 
D G D G D A D 


[Verso 1]

D                     G           D 
That Del Viento flies high in the sunlight 
G        D                  A 
It turns over, and it falls down 
             D        G         D 
He guides it in for a beautiful headshot 
G   D              A               D 
Oh I never thought I'd see that in town 
                                      G         D 
Well I went to the County fair, had a couple of horses 
   G         D                A 
To show to a man who had some dough 
                  D               G         D 
Well he bought my horses, then he gave me a ticket 
G              D A                D 
To the evening performance of the Rodeo 


[Verso 2]
 
D                     G         D 
There on a Bay horse, packin' a Spade Bit 
G               D                 A 
Standin' in the shadow of the big grandstand 
D                 G          D 
Sat a Cowboy on a Slick Fork saddle 
G                 D        A              D 
With ten coils of rawhide, he was a Riata man 


[Refrão]
 
            G                        D 
And the Del Viento flies high in the sunlight 
         Bm                       A 
A Johnny Blocker drops out of the sky 
         D         G     D 
There is poetry in every throw 
      Bm G                   D 
Riata man, I wanna know what you know 



[Verso 3]

D                               G      D 
Well I love the Cowboy, and his way of life 
G           D                         A 
The gear he builds, and the skills he hones 
              D G           D 
But I was not raised like a Buckaroo 
G                D A               D 
And my trappings reflect my native home 


[Verso 4]
 
D                              G         D 
But the longer I live, and the further I ride 
G          D                 A 
The more I throw, it seems I find 
                 D        G         D 
There's not just one, but many ways combined 
             G          D A                   D 
That makes a Buckaroo's skill a little better kind 



[Refrão]

            G                        D 
And the Del Viento flies high in the sunlight 
         Bm                       A 
A Johnny Blocker drops out of the sky 
         D         G     D 
There is poetry in every throw 
      Bm G                   D 
Riata man, I wanna know what you know 


[Refrão]
 2 
                G                        D 
Four strands of rawhide, and a stiff bit horse 
              Bm                     A 
That'll cut a cow, when you drop the reins 
                 D           G        D 
And stand like a rock at the end of a tight rope 
             Bm G               D 
How do I get there, the mystery remains 



[Refrão]

            G                  D 
But the Del Viento still flies high in the sunlight 
           Bm                       A 
The Johnny Blocker drops out of the sky 
         D         G     D 
There is poetry in every throw 
      Bm G                   D 
Riata man, I wanna know what you know 
      Bm G               D A D 
Riata man, you're an old Vaquero