D                         G                D
Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards
    D         A            D
The horses of Calgary will buck.
        D                             G            D
Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us
    D         A            D 
The horses of Calgary will buck.


[VERSE]

    G                        D                 G                     D
The banks of the rivers have crumbled, and the currents uprooted the trees.
            G                    F#m             Bm
But through my eyes no city, has looked quite as pretty,
        D             A            D
as when Cow-Town rose up from it's knees


[CHORUS]

     D                         G                D
Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards
    D         A            D
The horses of Calgary will buck.
        D                             G            D
Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us
    D         A            D 
The horses of Calgary will buck.

D A D


[VERSE]
G                          D          G                       D
Last year we all threw the party, but things kinda all got submersed.
         G                         F#m            Bm
It was a hell of a centennial, but this is what's memorable:
      D            A           D
We'll remember the hundred-and-first.


[CHORUS]

     D                         G                D
Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards
    D         A            D
The horses of Calgary will buck.
        D                             G            D
Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us
    D         A            D 
The horses of Calgary will buck.


[G  O]

G D G D

G F#m Bm

D A D


[BRIDGE]

    D                   G        D
The banks overflow, the bow in Elbow.
        D         A            D
But the horses of Calgary will buck.

             D                 G             D
And when the water subsided, I saw with some pride,
         D         A            D
that the horses of Calgary will buck.

    D                         G              D  
For all the surrounding ranch-land and small towns,
    D         A            D
the horses of Calgary will buck.

        D                      G       D 
For our Blackfoot relations or Siksika Nation,
    D         A            D
the horses of Calgary will buck.

        D                          G                   D
Through volunteer labours, through friends and through neighbours,
        D                                   G          D
through blood, sweat and water, through the Mayor, his honour,
        D                     G         D
Through flood and downpoor, a city made sure,
      D            A             D
that the horses at Stampede will buck.



[CHORUS]

     D                         G                D
Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards
    D         A            D
The horses of Calgary will buck.
        D                             G            D
Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us
    D         A            D 
The horses of Calgary will buck.


[OUTRO]

D A D
             D                             G           D
Well it will take more to stop 'em, then a little high water