This Ain't My First Rodeo Chords
by Vern Gosdin
This Ain't My First Rodeo by Vern Gosdin is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A#. It uses the chords G, D, D7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
CAPO : 3 Fret
INTRO: Strum the G
VERSE ONE
G
You say you're mama called and you must go
D
She's down in the bed and needs you so
And you don't know if you'll be coming home tonight or not
D7 G
But, honey ain't you're mama sick a lot
VERSE TWO
G
Lately, you're head hurts every night
D
Could it be you wear your cloths too tight
Since you don't seem to hear a thing I say or do
D7 G
Then I know there's nothing I can do for you
>G C G
This ain't my first rodeo
D D7
This ain't the first time this old cowboy's been throwed
D
...This ain't the first I've seen this dog and pony show
D7 G
This ain't my first rodeo
TAGG : INSTRUMENTALLY AS SOLO(following two lines)
D
This ain't the first I've seen this dog and pony show
D7 G
This ain't my first rodeo
VERSE THREE
G
You're telling me you lost you're wedding band
D
Somehow you say it slipped right off you're hand
And when I asked about those boxes stacked there by the door
D7 G
You say it's just some old things you don't wear no more
VERSE FOUR
G
I didn't make it all the way through school
D
But my mama...didn't raise any fool
I may not be the Einstein... of our time
D7 G
But honey, I'm not dumb and I'm not blind
CHORUS TWO
G C G
This ain't my first rodeo
D D7
This ain't the first time this old cowboy's been throwed
D
...This ain't the first I've seen this dog and pony show
D7 G
Honey, This ain't my first rodeo
CHORUS REPEAT to Fade
Note: Tabbed this Vern Gosdin song in memory of my friend,
Gilbert Lamar Carter ,who died today Feb 1, 2003. Lamar loved
Vern's music....RIP Lamar,...Nemo