That Buckin Song Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays506

That Buckin Song by Robert Earl Keen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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  			Intro: E 

E 
I had a horse named Bad Luck 

She weren't good looking but she sure could buck 

A         E 
Yahoo hey hey 
B            E 
Yippee yi cy yey 

E 
I put my mama on her, she threw her in the air 

My mama said son "that's a mother buckin' mare" 

A         E 
Yahoo hey hey 
B            E 
Yippee yi cy yey 

E 
Took her to the rodeo, she won second place 

She was really buckin' good in the buckin' barrel race 

A         E 
Yahoo hey hey 
B            E 
Yippee yi cy yey 

solo (chords as verse) 

E 
She won a thousand dollars, I put it in my hat 

Bought a brand new saddle she bucked me out of that 

A         E 
Yahoo hey hey 
B            E 
Yippee yi cy yey 

E 
She bucked me on the pick-up truck, she bucked me on the fence 

My daddy said "son, you got no buckin' sense" 

A         E 
Yahoo hey hey 
B            E 
Yippee yi cy yey 

solo (chords as verse) 

E 
So if you got a bucker, don't ever buck around 

That buckin' mother bucker will buck you on the ground 

A         E 
Yahoo hey hey 
B            E 
Yippee yi cy yey 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante