Jeff Daniels - The ballad of the buckless yooper

^GUp in the land of copper, where the Norwood pines stand tall ^CFrom the ore in Iron Mountain to the straits of Ma^Gckinaw ^GLived a man named Reuben, Reuben Soady was his^Em name ^DEvery open day of deer camp, he hung his head in sh^Game ^GReuben, he loved huntin’, but he never had no luck After thirt^Cy years of tryin’, well, he still ain’t bagged a^G buck ^GSome say he’s unlucky, some say he’s just^Em cursed ^DSome say when he pulled that trigger, Reuben was the^G worst

^GThere goes a buckless Yooper, hang your head in shame ^CThere goes a buckless Yooper, hang your head in s^Ghame ^GThere goes a buckless Yooper, hang your head in s^Emhame In the Escan^Daba moonlight, Reuben Soady was his^G name ^GWolf Moon Dance, she loved him, loved him through and through ^CShort of shootin’ for him, there was nothin’ she could ^Gdo ^GShe made a secret potion, sealed it with a ^Emkiss ^DWhile Reuben squeezed that porcupine and doused himself with ^Gpiss G               Reuben danced around the campfire, Reuben howled up at the moon ^CReuben changed the air around him till kisakees f^Gilled the room

^GBut the cards changed all their numbers and white light ran ‘cross the^Em ridge And sweet^D sap turned to syrup and Jimmer’s Chevy took ^Ga shit

^EmHe’s the Mother Theresa of deer hunters, Ba^Dmbi’s best fr^Giend He was th^Eme U.P.’s answer to the q^Duestion that never ^Gends ^EmHe couldn’t hit a house if he was st^Dandin’ in^Gside And eve^Cry buck knew Reuben Soady would bring ‘em -- back al^Dive

^GWell, the night turned black as ice, there came a vision clear as day Reuben st^Carted seeing things that wouldn’t go a^Gway ^GHis heart skipped a beat and his eyes went wide as he crept across the ^Emfloor ^DAnd he saw something no Yooper had ever seen ^Gbefore ^GOutside Reuben’s window was a wolf with a woodchuck nose The fu^Cr of a mean old grizzly bear from his head down to his t^Goes ^GHe had the eyes of a coon and the teeth of a pike And the ^Emclaws of a wolverine, and when he yell^Ded E -- I – E Reuben f^Gell down on his knees

^GWell, some say he went crazy, some say he went nuts Some say R^Ceuben lost his mind, no Ifs-Ands-or-B^Guts ^GBut it’s written in the Soady logbook, plain as the day is^Em long ^DRight there for all posterior – everybody sing al^Gong –