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Chestnut Mare (R. McGuinn, J. Levy) D A6 Bm G G/F#bass A7 A7sus Em C C/Bbass 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 x x 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 x x 2 2 0 0 2 3 2 x x x 3 2 x x 0 x x
DAlwaA6ys alBmone, G G/F#bass A7 never with a herd
DPrettiest A6mare I've Bmever seen, G G/F#bass A7 you'll have to take my word
GI'm G/F#going

bass

 to Emcatch that A7horse if I DcanA6 Bm Gand G/F#when

bass

I Emdo I'll givA7e her my brDandA6 Bm
DWell I was A6up on Stony RidBmge Gafter this

G/F#bass

chestnut mare, Embeen chasing her for A7weeks
DOh I'd catcA6h a glimpse of Bmher every once in a while G G/F#bass Em A7 (A7sus A7) D taking her meal, bathing, fine lady
A6This one day I Bmhappen to be real close to her G G/F#bass Em and I saw her standing over there
so IA7 snuck up on her DniceA6 anBmd easy G G/F#bass got my rope out
Emand I flung it in the aiA7r! CHORUS
GI'm G/F#going

bass

 to Emcatch that A7horse if I DcanA6 Bm Gand G/F#when

bass

I Emdo I'll givA7e her my brDandA6 Bm
G G/F#bass Em And we'll be friends for life G G/F#bass Em She'll be just like a wife
GI'm

G/F#bass

going to Emcatch that A7horse if I DcanA6 Bm And I got her and I'm pulling on her And she's pulling back like this mule going up a ladder And I take a choice and I jump right up on her ***ed if I don't land right on top of her And she takes off, running up onto the ridge higher than I've ever been before She's running along just fine 'til she stops and something spooked her it's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike she doesn't know what to do for a second, but then, she jumps off the edge, me holding on
(Canyon music!) D (A bass, B bass) C C/B bass Em Above the hills, higher than eagles were gliding (Ebass, F# bass)
Gsuspended in the Dsky Dover the hill
(A bass, B bass)
Cstraight for the C/Bsun

bass

we were rEmiding (E bass, F# bass) Gmy eyes were G/F#fille

bass

d with Asuslight
Dbehind those black walls (A bass, B bass) C C/B bass Em below was a bottomless canyon
(Ebass, F# bass)
Gfloating with no Dsound Dghosts far below
(A bass, B bass)
Cseemed to be C/Bsudd

bass

enly Emrising G G/F#bass Asus exploding all around
(Chorus) We were falling down this crevice about about a mile down it seem and I looked down And I see this red thing below us coming up real fast and it's our reflection that's this little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep We're falling down right through it We hit, we splashed it dry that's when I lost my hold and she got away but I'm gonna try and get her again some day (Chorus)