Dave Stamey

Buckskin Horse

Dave Stamey


Tom: C

    C                   G        C 
And she always wanted a buckskin horse
       F                          C
With a yearning burnt deep in her soul
                                  G                       
In dreams she’d ride the hills at night
 F                                   G
With the river running somewhere far below 
      F
She’d feel the power beneath her
          C            Am
And up the trail they’d fly
                   F
And his coat would shine and gleam
    G           F          C
Like the secrets behind her eyes


[Verse 2]
   C                   G         C     
And she always wanted a buckskin horse
       F                                        C   
And his breath would smoke when snow was on the ground
                               G    
He’d test the air with nostrils flared
    F                                  
And together they’d ride the morning down
        C                Am   
When she climbed upon his back
                       F                    
She’d finally know just what her life was for
   G                        F           C     
And she’d ride across the skyline to meet it
       F        C    
On that buckskin horse   

                      
[Chorus]
        G                           F         C
And her dreams, it seems, they’re a long time coming
 G                              F
It seems she can almost touch ‘em
                  G
Perhaps she never will
          Em              F                                    C
In her dreams, it seems, she is on that pony running
                 F       Dm
Running down the river’s course
     F           C
On that buckskin horse


[Verse 3]
    C                   G        C 
She always wanted a buckskin horse
      F                          C
And though life can push a dream aside
                                  G  
Within the ranges of the heart
 F                                   G
There are miles and miles to ride
     F
If you ask she’ll say it’s nothing
         C            Am
Just a fantasy, of course
                  F
But like a secret hidden just behind her eyes
         F        C      
There’s a buckskin horse


[Chorus]
        G                           F         C 
 And her dreams, it seems, they’re a long time coming
 G                              F
It seems she can almost touch ‘em
                  G
Perhaps one day she will

          Em              F                                    C
In her dreams, it seems, she is on that pony running
                F       Dm
Running down the river’s course
     F           C
On that buckskin horse