All This Way For The Short Ride

Tom: F

C    F  C

[Verse 1]
                           F                 C
When the chute gate swings open, here we go again
              F                       C
The desperate dance, the kick and the spin
                   Am                              Em
Dust rising from a crossbred bull, fire meets with pride
                 F                            C
The man's come a long way, just for the short ride


[Verse 2]
                  F                                 C
His wife's in the grandstand, trying to swallow the fear
                F                              C
A little baby inside her, who's time's drawing near
                 Am                             Em
The bulls flying high now, then he falls to his side
                  F                            C
Their love came a long way, just for the short ride


[Chorus]
                   Am                        Em
Two hearts in the darkness, sing a blue lullaby
              Bb     F                    C      Bb  F  C
Beat the drum slowly, for a cowboy's last ride


[Verse 3]
                          F                          C
And when the dust had all settled and the crowd disappeared
                 F                         C
The sirens still echo in an unborn child's ear
                   Am                             Em
Little boys due in April, he'll have daddy's blue eyes
               F                         C
He'll always remember, his father's last ride


[Chorus]
                     Am                  D
They preached at the service, from John 25
                  Bb       F                   C
How Christ came a long way, just for the short ride
              Bb     F                    C      Bb  F  C
Beat the drum slowly, for a cowboy's last ride


[Outro]
                            F                 C
Well, the chute gate swings open, here we go again