Chris LeDoux The Bucking Machine 1st verse: B E I've rode lots of horses and i've won a few shows F# B ridin broncs at the big old rodeos B E but the dagdest contraption that i've ver seen F# B it that bucket of bolts called a buckin machine 2nd verse: the kids they were all lined up to give the thing a go and when i first saw it, lord, it looked pretty slow it jumped and it kicked then it turned back and twirled then i got to thikin--I'll give it a whirl Chorus B E B So i pushed through the crowd and i talked ot the man F# B who had invented this here modified garbage can E B i said i'm a twister, and one of the best F# B i'm a wolf of the world, boys, i must confess 3rd verse: i'll bet you a hunderd, i said with a grin i'll spur it so hard its sides'll cave in and the bolts and the screws that hold the dang thing together will fall down inside it there and short out it motor 4th verse well, the man, he said, "son, i'll take that bet, and i won't turn it on til you think that you're set." so i got my riggin, and i cinched it on down then i said to old sam, "go ahead and turn it on." Chorus Well, it rattled and it groaned, then it started to move i spurred it every jump, and, Lord, it fell mighty smooth the foam rubber was a flyin right of of its old neck and the tin underneath, it was startin to crack 5th verse: I looked at the man and i started to say I'll win me that hundred for the end of the day the grababed a big lever with a little sly grin jammed it up to high gear and locked it right on in Chorus: With a snathc and a jekr and a sharp stabbin pain I fell like a hobo tied to an old freaight train my head it went to poppin and i saw all the starts The Big Dipper, The Milky Way, The planet they call Mars 6th verse: The next thing i knew i was right there on the ground just about 30 feet away from that laughin crowd so i payed up my hunderd and i limped on away and the words the man said, i still remember today Chorus so you're a wolf of the world and a real tough twister well listen real close to some good advise mister keep a ridin them old broncs is you're still feelin mean but you'd better keep clear of sam's buckin' machine