Texas Top Hand Chords

Standard tuning, Capo on 3 (Eb)
 
[Intro]
F G C
 
[Verse 1]
      C
I was twelve years old when I busted my first bronco
      C                      G
In La Mesa, Texas, don’t you know
          G
I’ve been working ever since from a saddle that they give me
        G                               C
Down in Fort Worth at the Fat Stock Rodeo
 
[Verse 2]
      C
I can do more from a saddle than I can from my old pickup
       C                          F
And my horse is better company, I know
      F                       C
I’m a Texas top hand and I’ll bet my bottom dollar
          G                                       C
That I’ll wind up in the money at this years' rodeo
 
[Chorus]
     F
I’m a Texas top hand
       F
I’m the number one man
        F                              C
When it comes to matters of an old cow hand
      F
I can ride ‘em, I can break ‘em
       F
And on Friday I’ll be makin’
       F                                G
My way into town to dance with some old cowboy band
 
[Yodeling]
C F
G C
 
[Interlude]
C F
G C
 
[Verse 3]
      C
I can hear them cattle lowing as I play my old guitar
           C                           G
And run my fingers over them old rusty strings
          G
They’re beginning to sound funny, guess I’ll take some drinking money
    G                           C
And buy another set this coming Spring
 
[Verse 4]
          C
There’s a full moon on the rise as we turn in for the evening
        C                           F
And the prairie is as pretty as can be
      F                             C
There ain’t no better life than the life of a cowboy
        G                                             C
It’s as close as you can get to being wild and living free
 
[Chorus]
     F
I’m a Texas top hand
       F
I’m the number one man
        F                              C
When it comes to matters of an old cow hand
      F
I can ride ‘em, I can break ‘em
       F
And on Friday I’ll be makin’
       F                                G
My way into town to dance with some old cowboy band
 
[Yodeling]
C F
G C
F C G C
F C G C