BAREBACK JACK 
(Chris LeDoux)

Chris LeDoux - 1971


When I was just a very young lad
I walked up and I told my Dad
A bareback rider's what I wanna be
I want the whole world to know about me
In the rodeo arena I'll take my stand
I wanna be known as a rodeo man

I'll come flyin' from the chute with my spurs up high
Chaps and boots reachin' for the sky
Spurrin' wild with my head throw'd back
You'll ask who's that, well that's Bareback Jack
You'll ask who's that, well that's Bareback Jack

The years of boyhood now have passed
It didn't take long, I learned the tricks real fast
Now goin' down the road with my rodeo gear
And I hope to make the finals in just a few years
And when my chance comes I'll give it a whirl
To try to win the Championship of the World

I'll come flyin' from the chute with my spurs up high
Chaps and boots reachin' for the sky
Spurrin' wild with my head throw'd back
You'll all know me, my names Bareback Jack
You'll all know me, my name's Bareback Jack

Well here I am, I'm a-layin' in bed
The son of a buck jumped onto my head
I'm a-layin' here a-dyin' and a-hurtin' real bad
Now I wish I'd listened to my old Dad
When he said, "Son, you'd better quit foolin' around
You're gonna get your guts stomped into the ground

You'll come flyin' from the chute with your tail up high
That old buckin' horse is gonna throw ya in the sky
When you come down you're gonna break your back
And then we'll all know you as Old Crippled Up Jack
In a wheelchair with a broken back!"







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2011)