Tuning: E A D G B E

No More Buffalo

I ^Gguess we kne^Dw the cards^A were st^Dacked ^Gstarted o^Dut the best of ^Afriends and we ^Gbeat that ^Dhighway 'till it ^Aquit beating ^Dback it ^Gdidn't mean ^Dmuch in the ^Aend^D s^Gome you ^Dwin, ^Asome you ^Dlose ^Gsome you ^Dthrow away^A ^Gwe headed ^DSouth across those C^Aolorado ^Dplains ^Gjust as emp^Dty as the ^Aday we^G looked ar^Dound at al^Al we saw^D ^Gremembered all we'd hoped to see

looking out through the bugs on the windshield

^Gsomebody ^Dsaid to ^Ame (chorus) ^Gno more ^Dbuffalo ^Gblue skies or ^Dopen road ^Gno more r^Dodeo ^Bno more ^Anoise ^Gtake this ^DCadillac ^Gpark it ou^Dt in back ^Gmama's ca^Dlling ^Gput away the ^Atoys

d^Gon't chase t^Dhat carrot ^A'till it^D makes you sick w^Ghat do you t^Dhink you're^A gonna p^Drove j^Gust let it d^Dangle, 'til^Al it fal^Dls off that stick t^Ghat's when y^Dou make you^Ar move ^D

don't go chasing after shooting stars trying to make yourself a name you could joust at the windmills with that old Fender guitar you'd probably do about the same (chorus) I never thought they'd ever doubt my words I guess they were just too tired to care I'd point to the horizon to the dust of the herds still hovering in the air somebody said it aint any such man you wish so hard you're scaring me and those are combines kicking up that dust but I guess you can see what you want to see you can keep on chasing what used to be there top that rise and face the pain but man they were here they were here I swear not just these bleaching bones stretching across the plain (chorus)hey broke into your car last night, took the stereo

James McMurtry - No more buffalo