{"id":29294,"date":"2026-01-12T22:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=29294"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:53:34","slug":"strawberry-roan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/strawberry-roan\/","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Roan"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Strawberry Roan\r\nMarty Robbins\r\n \r\nPlay with an alternating bass.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nD<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n       D<\/span>                         A7<\/span>\r\nI was hangin' 'round town, just spendin' my time\r\n                   D<\/span>\r\nOut of a job, not earnin' a dime\r\n   D7<\/span>                     G<\/span>\r\nA feller steps up and he said, \"I suppose\r\n A7<\/span>                          D<\/span>\r\nYou're a bronc fighter from looks of your clothes.\"\r\n                              A7<\/span>\r\n\"You figures me right, I'm a good one.\" I claim\r\n                            D<\/span>\r\n\"Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame?\"\r\n D7<\/span>                    G<\/span>\r\nSaid \"He's got one, a bad one to buck\r\n     A7<\/span>                                    D<\/span>\r\nAt throwin' good riders, he's had lots of luck.\"\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n  D<\/span>                      A7<\/span>\r\nI gets all het up and I ask what he pays\r\n                            D<\/span>\r\nTo ride this old nag for a couple of days\r\n                          G<\/span>\r\nHe offered me ten; I said, \"I'm your man,\r\n   A<\/span>                                  D<\/span>\r\nA bronc never lived that I couldn't span.\"\r\n  D<\/span>                         A7<\/span>\r\nHe said: \"Get your saddle, I'll give you a chance\"\r\n                                      D<\/span>\r\nIn his buckboard we hopped and he drives to the ranch\r\n                            G<\/span>\r\nI stayed 'til mornin' and right after chuck\r\n  D<\/span>                         A7<\/span>            D<\/span>\r\nI stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n  D                         A7\r\nDown in the horse corral standin' alone\r\n                          D\r\nIs an old Caballo, a Strawberry Roan\r\n                                 G\r\nHis legs are all spavined, he's got pigeon toes\r\n   A                   D\r\nLittle pig eyes and a big Roman nose\r\n  D                     A7\r\nLittle pin ears that touched at the tip\r\n                   D\r\nA big 44 brand was on his left hip\r\n                           G\r\nU-necked and old, with a long, lower jaw\r\n D                         A7               D\r\nI could see with one eye, he's a regular outlaw\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n  D                         A7\r\nI gets the blinds on 'im and it sure is a fright\r\n                               D\r\nNext comes the saddle and I screws it down tight\r\n                             G\r\nThen I steps on 'im and I raises the blinds\r\n    A                   D\r\nGet outta the way boys, he's gonna unwind\r\n                              A7\r\nHe sure is a frog-walker, he heaves a big sigh\r\n                            D\r\nHe only lacks wings, for to be on the fly\r\n                             G\r\nHe turns his old belly right up to the sun\r\n D                         A7       D\r\nHe sure is a sun-fishin', son-of-a-gun\r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n D                         A7\r\nHe's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range\r\n                            D\r\nHe'll turn on a Nickel and give you some change\r\n                           G\r\nHe hits on all fours and goes up on high\r\n   A                      D\r\nLeaves me a spinnin' up there in the sky\r\n                          A7\r\nI turns over twice and I comes back to earth\r\n                           D\r\nI lights in a cussin' the day of his birth\r\n                             G\r\nI know there are ponies that I cannot ride\r\n          A                       D\r\nThere's some of them left, they haven't all died\r\n                            A\r\nI'll bet all my money, the man ain't alive\r\n                                                         D\r\nThat'll stay with Old Strawberry when he makes his high dive\r\n
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The Strawberry Roan Marty Robbins Play with an alternating bass. [Intro] D [Verse 1] D A7 I was hangin’ ’round town, just spendin’ my time D Out of a job, not earnin’ a dime D7 G A feller steps up and he said, “I suppose A7 D You’re a bronc … CLICK TO VIEW SONGStrawberry Roan<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29295,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29294\/revisions\/29295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}