James Keelaghan - Number 37

She wore ^Gnumber 37, her horse was chestnut brown I ^Csaw her at a rodeo in a ^Dhigh plains western town Under^Gneath the turquoise sky a thunderstorm was rolling in The ^Cinfield getting sticky, the ^Dcrowd was wearing thin

Now, I'm ^Emnot for barrel racin^Gg, I cannot say I'd gone To ^Csee some woman ride flat out, as she ^Dbounced and turned for home And ^Emriding hell-for-^Gleather, the bit between her teeth It's ^Cpoetry in ^Dmotion

She wore the ^Gnumber 37, she was the seventh one to ride She ^Cshowed no hint of nerves and she ^Dsat her horse with pride Horse and ^Grider leapt together, I wished that I could hear The ^Cwords she spoke to spur him on as she ^Dleaned down to his ear

They ^Emrounded the first ^Gbarrel, from the bleachers I could see She ^Cdidn't use a riding crop, for the ^Dhorse ran like a breeze 'Round ^Embarrel two I ^Gstammered, she closed the figure eight When ^Cup popped barrel three as she was ^Dlingering, yeah

Heyyyy ^Dhey ^Ghey hey hey ^Chey I ^Ghey I ^Dhey I ^Cheyyy

I know she ^Gdidn't use a riding crop, she barely used her spurs ^CShe used hands and knees, she used ^Dgentle, loving words I'd ^Glike to say she won that day, that wouldn't be the fact She ^Ccrossed the line in '69 in the ^Dmiddle of the pack

You'd ^Emnever know she'd ^Glost, she grinned from ear to ear She ^Cstroked the charger's neck and once more ^Dwhispered in his ear She was ^Emhappy that they'd ^Gdone that well, nobody got hurt She got ^Call the speed she wanted using ^Dgentle loving ^Gwords ^{D G}

Heyyyy hey hey ^Chey ^GI hey I ^Dhey I ^Cheyyy ^G Heyyyy I ^Dhey ^GI hey I ^Cheyyy Heyy I ^Ghey I ^Dhey I ^Cheyyy

So hats off to ^Gsweet 37, wherever you may be The ^Cpleasure's not from winning, it's in ^Driding wild and free And ^Gone thing that I won that day, you can whip and you can curse But you'll ^Cnever [ ? ] and ride if you use ^Dgentle loving ^Gwords

I ^Csaw her at a rodeo in a ^Dhigh plains western ^Gtown (One - Two - Three) Heyyyy ^Dhey ^Ghey hey hey ^Chey I ^Ghey I ^Dhey I ^Cheyyy ^G Heyyyy I ^Dhey ^GI hey I ^Cheyyy Heyy I ^Ghey I ^Dhey I ^Cheyyy ^G