Chestnut Mare

The Byrds

Tom: G

D   A6   Bm
Always alone,
G     G/F#       A7
never with a     herd
D         A6        Bm
Prettiest mare I've ever seen,
G      G/F#            A7
you'll have to take my word

G   G/F#      Em         A7         D  A6  Bm
I'm going to  catch that horse if I can
G   G/F#      Em         A7         D  A6  Bm
and when I    do I'll give her my brand

D          A6             Bm
Well I was up on Stony Ridge
G          G/F#           Em                   A7
after this chestnut mare, been chasing her for weeks
D          A6             Bm
Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while

G     G/F#       Em    A7 (A7sus A7)  D
taking her meal, bathing, fine lady
A6             Bm
This one day I happen to be real close to her
G                         G/F#     Em
and I saw her standing over there
    A7               D   A6 Bm
so I snuck up on her nice and easy
                G G/F#
got my rope out
Em                      A7
and I flung it in the air!

(chorus)
G   G/F#      Em         A7         D  A6  Bm
I'm going to  catch that horse if I can
G   G/F#      Em         A7         D  A6  Bm
and when I    do I'll give her my brand
G   G/F#     Em
And we'll be friends for life
G      G/F#           Em
She'll be just like a wife
G   G/F#     Em         A7         D  A6  Bm
I'm going to catch that horse if I can

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
Damned 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       B       C           C/B bass    Em
Above the hills, higher than eagles were gliding
Eb F#  G                D
suspended in the sky
D
over the hill
A  B 
C                C/B          Em
straight for the sun we were riding
E  F#
G            G/F#           Asus
my eyes were filled    with light

D
behind those black walls
A        B       C C/B         Em
below was a bottomless canyon
Eb  F#
G                D
floating with no sound
D
ghosts far below
A  B
C            C/B      Em
seemed to be suddenly rising
G         G/F#      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)