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A E A E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------| B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------| G|--------2--------|-----------------|--------2-----2-----2--------| D|----2-----2---0--|--------2--------|----2-----2-----2-----2---2--| A|--0---0-----0----|----2-----2---0--|--0---0-----0-----0-----0----| E|-----------------|--0---0-----0----|-----------------------------|A E A Born under a south Kentucky skyF#m D A He'd come west to Mexico to fightD 1842 at MierF#m The gutters filled with blood and fearA E A Barely made it back to Texas aliveA E A With Missouri Volunteers when the war beganF#m D A In '46 they crossed the Rio GrandeD There he met his dark-eyed loveF#m But said good bye when the war was doneContinues after the adA E A He swore that he'd come back for her againD A Oh oh noviaF#m D A Oh oh your man is goneD Maybe he's in TexasF#m But we'll take what God has left usA E A And we'll leave for California with the dawnA E A Worked his way back to Old MexicoF#m D A To reclaim the love he'd left two years agoD Back to those same city wallsF#m Where he'd watched copper cannonballsA E A Like wayward suns roll down the cobblestonesA E A They put him in a prison left aloneF#m D A With other yankee fools so far from homeD Parade them through the square in chainsF#m 'Till in rode Captain Glanton's gangA E A Apache scalps for bounties paid in goldD A Oh oh noviaF#m D A Oh oh your man is goneD Maybe he's in TexasF#m But we'll take what God has left usA E A And we'll leave for California with the dawnA E A Glanton's men were killers all by tradeF#m D A And through the prison bars a deal was madeD Glanton needed three new menF#m He hired the lovelorn veteranA E A The killers rode out through the governor's gatesA E A The Veteran left camp 'fore the rising sunF#m D A No killer he'd left all their work undoneD He was not yet two days outF#m When Glanton's naked native scoutsA E A Brought back his empty horse and his brand new gunD A Oh oh noviaF#m D A Oh oh your man is goneD Maybe he's in TexasF#m But we'll take what God has left usA E A And we'll leave for California with the dawnD A Oh oh noviaF#m D A Oh oh your man is goneD Maybe he's in TexasF#m But we'll take what God has left usA E A And we'll leave for California with the dawn
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