Chestnut Mare
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1. Always alone, never with a herd,
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prettiest
mare I've ever seen, you'll have to
take my word.
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can,
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and when I do I'll give her my brand.
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2. Well, I was up on Stony
Ridge after this chestnut mare,
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been chasing her for
weeks.
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Oh, I'd catch a glimpse of her
every once in a while,
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taking
her meal, bathing, fine lady.
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This one day I happen to be real close
to her
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and I
saw her standing over there, so I snuck up on her,
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nice
and easy, got my rope
out
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and I flung it in the air!
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can,
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and when I do I'll give her my brand.
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And we'll be friends for life, she'll be
just like a wife,
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can,
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2. And I got her and I'm pulling on her and she's pulling back
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like
this mule going up a ladder.
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And I take a choice and I jump
right upon her,
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damned
if I don't land right on top of her.
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And she takes off, running up onto the ridge,
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higher
than I've ever been before.
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She's running along just fine, 'til she stops.
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and
something spooked her,
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it's
a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike.
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She doesn't know what to do for a second,
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but
then, she jumps off the edge, me
holding on.
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3. Above
the hills, higher than eagles were gliding,
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suspended
in the sky,
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over
the hill straight for the sun we were riding
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my
eyes were filled with light.
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4. Behind those black walls below was a
bottomless canyon,
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floating
with no sound,
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ghosts
far below seemed to be suddenly rising,
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exploding
all around.
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I'm going to catch that horse
if I can,
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and
when I do I'll give her my brand.
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And we'll be friends for life, she'll be
just like a wife,
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I'm going to catch that horse
if I can,
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5. We were falling down this crevice,
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about
a mile down it seemed.
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And I looked down, and I see
this red thing below us
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coming
up real fast, and it's our reflection that's this
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little
pool of water about six feet wide
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and
one foot deep. We're
falling down
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right
through it ! We hit, we splashed it dry !
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That's when I lost my hold and she got away,
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but
I'm gonna try and get her again some day.
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I'm going to catch that horse
if I can,
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and
when I do I'll give her my brand.
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And we'll be friends for life, she'll be
just like a wife,
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I'm going to catch that horse, I’m going
to catch that horse,
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I'm going to catch that horse
if I can,
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I'm going to catch that horse
if I can.
(orig. = capo 2nd, McGuinn = capo 1st) (The Byrds)