Scatter the Ashes

# # C Am He got busted up bad down in Lubbock F C He was takin' the Greyhound back home F C Though the fire in his eye never flickered Am F He knew the best of his good days were gone C Am He said I'm thinkin' of life in a town, F C But the rodeo life's all I've known C And {F]I don't know what to do with the rest Am F I'm too burned out to go on CHORUS C G Am F He said scatter the ashes over the road, then let a strong wind blow C G Am F Well I can't walk away, til it's my time to go. C Am He said son my road back to heaven F C Sometimes leads me out of the way F C Through those rodeo towns and those drunken old sundowns Am F Someday to an early grave. C Am He pulled his saddle up over his shoulder F C Said before you throw dirt on my bones F C Hey tell me what do you do with a broken old cowboy Am F Who spent his whole life being thrown. CHORUS