The Champion Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][Am][C][F][Em][Dm][G][C]

[Verse 1]
With [G]a
bucket in his [Am]hands,
he's cleaning [C]up the [F]stands.
Sometimes [G]he works con
[C]cessions.
[G]

[Verse 2]
[C]
There's [G]a roaring in his mind
[Am]of rodeos and othe[C]r time[F]s
When [G]they all loved the [C]champion
Now the [G]glory and the dream
[Am]have faded[C] like [Am]the jean[F]s
That [G]hang on him like [C]memories[G]
[C]pasted on [G]his trailer walls[Am]
are the [G]posters [Am]that recall
[F]the [G]man he used to [C]be yes[Em]terday just flew away like [F]dust outside
his door [C]lord it seems the [G]nights are [C]getting colder
Nev[Em]er had to think about
[F]the loneliness before
But [C]now he's [G]older
[C]To the col[G]lege boys that ride
[Am]By an in[G]tellect with[Am] high[F]
He's [G]something of [C]a legend
[G]But [C]he's rid[G]ing on the bac[Am]k
Of [C]a time that ran too [F]fast
Ran [G]off and left [C]the champion
Yes[Em]terday just blew away
like [F]dust outside his door
[C]Lord, it seems the [G]nights
are [C]getting colder
Nev[Em]er had to think about
[F]the loneliness before
But [C]now he's [G]older
[C]With a buc[G]ket in his hands,[Am]
he's cleaning up the [F]stands
Sometimes [G]he works conces[C]sions[G]
[C]There's a r[G]oaring in his mind
[Am]of rodeo[C]s and other times
[F]Whe[G]n they all love the[C] champion[G][Am][C]
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[Am]You