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

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

Am                                 G
The first man was a con who had 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
                             G
We never rested once, we had no time to waste
Em                C                 Am
On the wings of greed we were 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                                                     F
The wind came from the west, it whipped from side to side
Em                                             F
A cloud of dust erupted to stop us in our tracks
Em                                                F
For a moment we were blind from 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                 Am
Their steeds nothing more than 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]
                                  G
[you may ride a crooked sky but death does too]
       Em           C
[the blood on your hands is your own]

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