Rusty Spurs
Recorded by Chris LeDoux
Album: Songs Of Rodeo & Country / Life As A Rodeo Man (2007)

(Capo on 3)

Intro.:  | (C)  | (D)  | (G)  | (G)  |

(1st Verse)
(G)Rusty spurs a hangin' from a nail there (C)on the (G)wall
Cold winds a blowin' and the snow begins to (D)fall
(G) Old man dreamin' in his (C)rockin' (G)chair
(G)Thinkin' bout the days gone by (D)wishin' he was (G)there

(2nd Verse)
(G) He used to rodeo and ride 'em (C)mighty (G)fine
Now he's old and crippled but he rides on in his (D)mind
And (G)I can tell, rodeo, you're doin' the (C)same to (G)me
I (G)feel like I'm fifty but I'm (D)only twenty-(G)three

(Chorus)
(C)Rodeo you (D)take a boy and (G)make a man so tall
(C)Drink his youth and (D)cast him by the (G)way
(C)What's he gonna (D)do (G) now that he's through
But (C)sit and dream a-(D)bout the good 'ol (G)days

Inst.:  | (C)  | (D)  | (G)  | (G)  |

(3rd Verse)
(G)Old picture album he keeps there (C)by his (G)side
Holds cherished mem'ries of broncs he used to (D)ride
He (G)thinks about his old friends and where they (C)are to-(G)day
Are they still livin' or (D)have they passed a-(G)way?

Repeat Chorus twice