Against A Crooked Sky

Am D* C* B*
*play the root not if the chord has 
a star

[Verse 1]
Am                          
Nightfall hit us hard and the 
   G
darkness complete
         Em                  C    
We were ridin through the valley 
     Am
of death
We were three men strong from the 
          G
town of abilene
     Em           C            Am
The smell of whiskey on our breath

Am                            
The first man was a con who had 
     G
cheated all his life
      Em            C          Am
The second was a fiend of no repent
                                 G
The third man was i who would murder
 for a price
   Em             C             Am
A trio you could bet was devil sent

[Chorus]

G
We were bound for somewhere new
Em
To steal more lives
F
Riding on the midnight wind
Am                     D* C* B*
Against a crooked sky


[Verse 2]
Am                          G
As we rode on through, the moonlight
 crept above
Em                 C              Am
Nocturnal eyes watched all around
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                             G
We never rested once, we had no time
 to waste
Em                C              
On the wings of greed we were 
   Am
bound
                                G
We laughed as we went, all the hell 
that we'd wrought
Em               C               Am
On all those who got in our way
                          G
Not one hour before, we snuffed 
another life
Em                C
The blood still fresh upon our 
blades

[Chorus]

G
We were bound for somewhere new
Em
To steal more lives
F
Riding on the midnight wind
Am                     D* C* B*
Against a crooked sky

[Solo]

G Am  x4
C D* C* B* Am x3

[Bridge]

Em       F       Em         F
(The entire bridge is just one hit 
chords)
Em                            
The wind came from the west, it 
                         F
whipped from side to side
Em                                
A cloud of dust erupted to stop us
             F
 in our tracks
Em                                
For a moment we were blind from 
                F
the grit in our eyes
Em
But slowly it cleared as laughter 
filled the sky

[Verse 3]
Am

Am                            G
And there before us stood a posse 
bathed in black
Em                    C     
Their steeds nothing more than 
            Am
rotted bone
                               G
Their gaze was all afire and razor 
whips they cracked
Em             C                Am
To shred the skin upon our backs
Am                           G
One of them spoke with the gravel in
 his voice
 Em             C           Am
[your reign of evil is done]
[you may ride a crooked sky but 
  G
death does too]
       Em           C
[the blood on your hands is your 
own]

[Chorus]
G                              
We were bound for somewhere new, 
    Em
condemned to ride
F                                 
Forever in the afterlife against a
             Am
 crooked sky
F                                 
Forever in the afterlife against a
             Am
 crooked sky
F                           
Forever in the after life ... 
  G
Forever in the afterlife
                      Am
Against a crooked sky