Keeping Rosie Proud Of Me
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1976 Album THE WINNER AND OTHER LOSERS)
[Intro]
E G A
[Verse 1]
D A D
We've come a long way on this East Texas highway
G A D
And I'm feeling awfully old at forty three.
G A D
Sure am glad that Rosie's here with me.
G A
I guess I showed 'em what I could do,
D Bm
When I rode everything in Houston.
E7 A D A
Boy was Rosie proud of me.
[Verse 2]
D A D
I'm just a broken down old rodeo rider,
G A D
Trying to make just one more show.
G A D
Shoulda hung it up a long time ago.
G A
Cause I've been kicked and I've been down
D Bm
And busted to my knees.
E7 A D
Just a keeping Rosie proud of me.
[Chorus]
G A
You see Rosie's young and pretty,
D
She likes to have her fun.
G A
But she don't have it with me,
D
She gonna have it with someone.
G A
I gotta finish in the money,
D A Bm
So we can go on to Cheyenne,
E7 A D
And I can go on being Rosie's man.
[Piano Solo]
E7 A
[Chorus]
G A
You see Rosie's young and pretty,
D
She likes to have her fun.
G A
But she don't have it with me,
D
She gonna have it with someone.
G A
I gotta finish in the money,
D A Bm
So we can go on to Cheyenne,
E7 A D
And I can go on being Rosie's man.
[Outro]
E A D E A7 D
I can go on being Rosie's man.
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