Bull Rider Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays383

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

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    C 
Well first you gotta wanna get off 
    C                                 G 
Bad enough to wanna get on him in the first place 
    C 
And you better trust in your lady luck 
    C                                 G 
Pray to God that she don't give up on you right now 

    C 
Live fast 
    G 
Die young 
    C 
Bull rider 

( A  Em  G ) 

    C 
One hand hold is all you got 
    C                                         G 
It's you and the bull against the clock and a cross crowd 
    C 
And just upon a spinnin' ton 
    C                             G 
Nothin' else you've ever done can pull this way 

       C 
You're just outside the buckin' shoot 
       C                               G 
Lose a spur you lose your seat and you lose yourself 
    C 
By now he's buckin' mean and dirty 
      C                           G 
Slingin' mud and cowboy boots and kickin' clowns 

  C 
No fools 
  G 
No fun 
  C 
Bull rider 

( A  Em  G ) 

          D 
You gotta feel the way he's movin' 
          D 
You gotta watch his head 
          C 
And brace yourself for anything that a friend of you might dead 

      D 
You know the art of hangin' loose hangin' just as tight 
      C                                                  D 
Well there's something like a hurricane dancin' with the kite 

    C 
Live fast 
    G 
Die young 
    C 
Bull rider 

( A  Em  G ) 

      C 
Well the rodeo is more than rough 
      C                                    G 
It's a fact of life it's tough to cut his fever ass 

     C 
It's drinkin' beer and pullin' trailers 
     C                                G 
Tighten may on barreled razors and horse's buck 

   C 
No fools 
   G 
No fun 
   C 
Bull rider 

( A  Em  G ) 

   C 
Live fast 
   G 
Die young 
   C 
Bull rider 

( A  Em  G ) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante