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Tumbleweed

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[Technical Note: Generate an acoustic country song with a male vocal. Use warm guitar strumming, subtle pedal steel, light percussion. Include intro, instrumental breaks after each chorus, extended outro. Maintain natural phrasing for vocals and dynamics. Keep verse and chorus structure as indicated.] [Intro] [Acoustic guitar, light percussion, subtle pedal steel] Verse I'm a rolling cowboy on the rolling plains, Through the rolling hills and the dusty lanes, Rolling that herd where the wild winds blow, Rolling twelve months on a deal I don't even know. Chorus I'm rolling, rolling down the line, Rolling through the hills where the longhorns wind, Rolling like a stone that won't sit still, Rolling every mile, every town, every hill. [Instrumental Break] [Acoustic guitar and pedal steel solo, 8 bars] Verse Got the wagon rolling with the banker's gold, But I ain't rolling in money, if the truth be told, Like a rolling tumbleweed I never stay, Just another rolling mile at the end of the day. Chorus Rolling, rolling — the wheels and the sky, Rolling contracts and the years roll by, Rolling down the trail till the daylight's gone, Rolling, rolling, rolling on. [Instrumental Break] [Acoustic guitar and subtle fiddle, 8 bars] Verse The girls are rolling when the saloon band plays, Dice are rolling in a dozen crooked ways, Thunder rolling over purple evening skies, And the prairie keeps on rolling to the far blue rise. Chorus Rolling, rolling down those rolling hills tonight, Rolling up a smoke by the rolling firelight, Rolling with the punches on a rolling twelve-month deal, Rolling like a tumbleweed that never learned to kneel. [Instrumental Break] [Guitar fingerpicking, 8 bars, pedal steel fills] Verse Got a rolling wagon bed and a rolling snore, Rolling up my bedroll on the barroom floor, Rolling cigarettes while the night patrols, And rolling my eyes at the taxman's tolls. Chorus Rolling dice and rolling wheels along the dusty track, Rolling in the saddle while the cattle wander back, Rolling eyes at trouble, let the thunder do its thing, Rolling, rolling, rolling while the coyotes sing. [Extended Outro] I'm rolling, time is rolling, rolling, rolling, Youth is rolling, I'm rolling, rolling, rolling, Like a rolling tumbleweed I never stay, Like a rolling tumbleweed I never stay. [Acoustic guitar fade out with pedal steel swell, optional harmonica fills]