C                                   G7                C
Well he walks out in the arena all dressed up to the brim
                    Am          G7
Said he's just came down from a place called Highland Rim
        C               Em                 F                   C
Well he said he came to ride the horse the one they called The Brute
                                       G7          C
But he didn't look like a cowboy in his Continental Suit

[Verse 2]
                                       G7              C
We snickered at the way he dressed but he never said a word
                    Am            G7
He walked on by the rest of us as if he hadn't heard
           C                 Em             F              C
A thousand bucks went to the man that could ride this wild Cayuse
                                       G7                  C
A meaner horse was never born than the one they called The Brute

[Verse 3]
                                  G7                  C
The horse that he was looking for was in chute number eight
                  Am             G7
He walked up very slowly put his hand upon the gate
        C                Em           F                C
We knew he was a thoroughbred when he pulled a sack of Dukes
                              G7          C
From the inside pocket of his continental suit

[Verse 4]
                                   G7              C
He rolled himself a quirley and he lit it standing there
                  Am                G7
He blew himself a smoke ring and he watched it disappear
           C          Em         F                C
We thought he must be crazy when he opened up the gate
                                 G7                C
Standing just inside was fifteen hundred pounds of hate

[Verse 5]
                                           G7               C
The buckskin tried to run him down but the stranger was too quick
                     Am             G7
He stepped aside and threw his arms around the horse's neck
   C              Em                   F                     C
He pulled himself upon the back of the horse they called The Brute
                                  G7          C
Sat like he was born there in his continental suit

[Verse 6]
                                        G7               C
The Brute's hind end was in the air his front end on the ground
              Am                  G7
Kicking and a squealing trying to shake the stranger down
        C               Em               F                C
But the stranger didn't give an inch  he came to ride The Brute
                                      G7          C
And he came to ride the buckskin in a continental suit

[Verse 7]
                                    G7                  C
Well I turned around to look at Jim and he was watching me
                Am                G7
He said I don't believe the crazy things I think I see
      C               Em         F                 C
But I think I see the outlaw the one they call The Brute
                        G7          C
Ridden by a cowboy in a continental suit

[Verse 8]
                               G7                     C
The Brute came to a standstill ashamed that he'd been rode
          Am             G7
By a city cowboy in some continental clothes
    C                 Em           F                   C
The stranger took his money and we don't know where he went
                                        G7               C
We don't know where he came from and we haven't seen him since

[Verse 9]
                         G7                       C
The moral of this story  never judge by what they wear
                Am             G7
Underneath some ragged clothes could be a millionaire
C         Em               F              C
Everybody listen  don't be fooled by this galoot
                                  G7          C
The sure enough bronc buster in a continental suit