Chism Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays477

Chism by Chris LeDoux is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, Em and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D               G          D                  G 
The blood on my sheets has soaked through the bandage 
          D                                 A 
that they wrapped around the stitches in my side 
      D           G            D         G 
These old country doctors have come to expect it 
         Em                     A 
from the cowboys that come here once a year to ride 
    D              G           D                G 
Now starin' at the ceiling I'm trying to get my senses 
       D                             A 
but I can't recall too much of yesterday 
   D             G              D            G 
except for some cussin' at that bull we call chism 
        D                A            D 
as they turned us out of chute number 3 
 
G                                       A 
Chism  Chism  you're a big bad son of a gun 
     Bm 
Your hide is tough and it's been scarred 
      Em                               A 
Where spurs have dug in deep but never hung 
D                G           D              G 
Chism you're the only reason that I keep on riding 
         D          A               D 
And I'll ride you before my ridin's done 
 
D                 G                    D           G 
Someone's brought in the paper and I'm starin' unbelievin' 
       D                               A 
At the story that's laid out before my eyes 
   D               G              D                   G 
It talks about you chism how they brought you up from Texas 
        Em                         A 
And the cowboy that made a valiant 7 second ride 
   D                G                   D               G 
It mentions how you broke your leg when we went down together 
 
       D                           A 
And it talks about your horn in my side 
         D           G                   D       G 
But it's goin' on to say how they had to put you away 
             D                A           D 
But it don't tell about these tears in my eyes 
G                                    A 
Chism Chism  I love you you son of a gun 
     Bm 
Your hide was tough and it was scarred 
         Em                              A 
Where my spurs had dug in deep but never hung 
D       G           D               G 
Chism I tell you my ridin' days are done 
      D                A               D 
cause after you theres nothing left to ride 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 1 
 
 

    	

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