Sweetheart Of The Rodeo Song Lyrics and Chords by Emmylou Harris
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
Recorded by Emmylou Harris
Written by Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris
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I hear the sound of
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sorrow in the
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wind
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down from every mile I've ever
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been
Calling
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me out on some road that just won't
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end
Where the sweetheart rides the rodeo
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again
A thousand
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nights a thousand
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towns I took the
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bows
There is no compensation for me
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now
Out a
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long the highway
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where the west was
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won
No matter how fast I
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ride or far I
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run
Waiting
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for the sweetheart of the
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rodeo
They're comin' down from Tonopah to Tupe
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lo
She'll come to town to ride the radi
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o
Like she's slidin' down the walls of Jeri
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cho
There goes the sweetheart of the rod
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eo
I stepped into the
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light you left
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behind
I stood
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there where all the world could see me
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shine
Oh I was
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on my way to you to make you
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mine
But I took the longest
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road that I could
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find
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Sweetheart Of The Rodeo?
- The song Sweetheart Of The Rodeo was sang by Emmylou Harris.
Who is Emmylou Harris?
- Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2018, she was presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.Harris' work and recordings include work as a solo artist, a bandleader, an interpreter of other composers' works, a singer-songwriter, and a backing vocalist and duet partner. She has worked with numerous artists.
