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[Verse 1]
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Well a note said: "You've had time to think about it.
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Looks like to me you're feelin' kinda crowded.
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You're not looking for anything permanent here,
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so my Rodeo is packed and it's in 'goodbye gear.'

[Break]
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[Verse 2]
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So I shot down to the Longhorn Diner,
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her sister works there and she'd know where to find her.
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She said, "You did not hear this from me,
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all I'll say is momma's got that place out in Monterrey."

[Chorus]
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Oh, how fast can I go, I gotta catch that little, red Rodeo.
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She drove off with my heart, I gotta let her know.
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Need the girl in that little, red Rodeo.
        Em           D         C    G
Texas plates, candy-apple red Rodeo.

[Verse 3]
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Two towns back I showed your photograph
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and the gas-station man just started to laugh.
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"She said I might see you in this old bucket o' rust,
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and said 'Good luck boy.' Just follow that cloud o' dust."

[Chorus]
G  C     D          G           G          C          D       G
Oh, how fast can I go, I gotta catch that little, red Rodeo.
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She drove off with my heart, I gotta let her know.
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Need the girl in that little, red Rodeo.
        Em          D         C     G
Texas plates, candy-apple red Rodeo.

[Solo]
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[Bridge]
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Maybe I was straddlin' the fence just like she said...
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It took her leaving just to get it through my head.

[Verse 4]
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She's the one and only, it's over that's it.
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I'm commited, I'm in love, and I'm desperate.
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She's a good ways gone, but I'm closin' the gap,
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if I have to I'll chase her clear across the map.

[Chorus]
G  C     D          G           G          C          D       G
Oh, how fast can I go, I gotta catch that little, red Rodeo.
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She drove off with my heart, I gotta let her know.
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Need the girl in that little, red Rodeo.
        Em          D         C     G
Texas plates, candy-apple red Rodeo.

[Chorus]
G  C     D          G           G          C          D       G
Oh, how fast can I go, I gotta catch that little, red Rodeo.
G                     C              D         G
She drove off with my heart, I gotta let her know.
G         C            D           G
Need the girl in that little, red Rodeo.
        Em          D         C     G
Texas plates, candy-apple red Rodeo.