Chris Ledoux - The bucking machine

^GI've rode lots of horses and I've ^Cwon a few shows ^DRidin' broncos at the ^Gbig old rodeos But the ^Gdang-dest contraption ^Cthat I've ever seen Is that ^Dbucket of bolts called a buckin' ma- ^Gchine

The ^Gkids they were all lined up to ^Cgive the thing a go And ^Dwhen I first saw it, lord, it ^Glooked pretty slow It jumped and it kicked then it ^Cturned back and twirled Then ^DI got to thinkin' I'll give it a ^Gwhirl

So I ^Cpushed through the crowd and I ^Gtalked to the man ^DWho had invented this here ^Gmodified garbage can I ^Csaid I'm a twister, and ^Gone of the best I'm a ^Dwolf of the world, boys, I must con- ^Gfess

I'll ^Gbet you a hundred, I ^Csaid with a grin I'll ^Dspur it so hard its ^Gsides will cave in And the bolts and the screws that hold the ^Cdang thing together Will ^Dfall down inside it there and short out it ^Gmotor

Well, the ^Gman, he said, "Son, ^CI'll take that bet, And I ^Dwon't turn it on 'til you ^Gthink that you're set" So I got my riggin' and I ^Ccinched it on down Then I ^Dsaid to old Sam, "Go ahead and turn it ^Gon"

Well, it ^Crattled and it groaned, then it ^Gstarted to move I ^Dspurred it every jump, and, Lord, it ^Gfell mighty smooth The foam ^Crubber was a flyin' right ^Goff of its old neck And the ^Dtin underneath, it was startin' to ^Gcrack

I ^Glooked at the man and I ^Cstarted to say I'll ^Dwin me that hundred for the ^Gend of the day Then he grabbed a big ol' lever with a ^Clittle sly grin ^DJammed it up to high gear and locked it right on ^Gin

With a ^Csnatch and a jerk and a ^Gsharp stabbin' pain I ^Dfelt like a hobo tied ^Gto an old freight train My ^Chead, it went to poppin' and I ^Gsaw all the stars The Big ^DDipper, The Milky Way, The planet they call ^GMars

^GThe next thing I knew I was ^Cright there on the ground Just a- ^Dbout thirty feet away from that ^Glaughin' crowd So I paid up my hundred and I ^Climped on away And the ^Dwords the man said, I still remember today ^G

So you're a ^Cwolf of the world and a ^Greal tough twister Well ^Dlisten real close to some ^Ggood advise Mister Keep a ^Cridin' them old broncos, if you're ^Gstill feelin' mean But you'd ^Dbetter keep clear of Sam's buckin' ma- ^Gchine ^{C D G}