Claude Dallas
Ian Tyson
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Am G Dm FAm 1. In a land the Spanish once hadG called the Northern MysteryDm Where rivers run and disappearF And the Mustang still lives freeAm By the Devil's wash and the coyoteG hole In the wild Owyee RangeDm Somewhere in the sage tonight TheF Am wind calls out his name Aye Aye AyeAm 2. Come gather round me buckaroosG And a story I will tellDm Bout the fugitive Claude Dallas WhoF just broke out of jailAm You might think this tale isG history From before the West was wonDm But the events that I'll describeF Am took place in 1981Am G 3. He was born out in Virginia Left home when school was throughDm F In the deserts of Nevada He became a buckarooAm He learned the ways of cattle HeG learned to sit a horseDm And he always packed a pistol AndF Am he practiced deadly force [Chorus 1]C Then Claude he became a trapperG He dreamed of the bygone daysDm He studied bobcat logic In theF wild and silent waysC In the bloody runs near paradiseG In the monitors down southDm F Trapping cats and coyotes LivingAm hand and mouth Aye Aye AyeContinúa después del anuncio4.Am Then Claude took to living allG alone Out many miles from townDm A friend Jim Stevens broughtF supplies And he stayed to hang aroundAm That day two wardens Pogue andG Elms Drove in to check Claude outDm They were seeking violations AndF Am to see what Claude's about 5.Am Now Claude he had hung someG venison He had a bobcat pelt or twoDm Pogue claimed they were out ofF season He said "Dallas you're all thru."Am But Dallas would not leave hisG camp He refused to go to townDm As the wind howled through theF bull camp They stared each otherAm down 6.Am It's hard to say what happenedG next Perhaps we'll never knowDm They were going to take ClaudeF into jail And he vowed he'd never goAm Jim Stevens heard the gunfire AndG when he turned aroundDm Bill Pogue was fallin' backwards,F Conley Elms he fell face down AyeAm Aye Aye [Chorus 2]C Jim Stevens walked on over ThereG was a gun near Bill Pogue's handDm It?s hard to say who?d drawn hisF first But Claude had made his standC Claude said, ?I?m justified Jim?G They were gonna gun me down,Dm And a man's got a right to hang some meat.F Am When he?s livin? this far from town. 7.Am G It took 18 men and 15 months To finally run Claude downDm In the sage outside paradise TheyF drove him to the groundAm Convicted up in Idaho ManslaughterG by decreeDm Thirty years at maximum But soonF Am Claude would break free [Chorus 3]C There's two sides to this storyG There may be no right or wrongDm There may be no right or wrong The lawmen and the renegadeF C Have graced a thousand songs The story is an old oneG Conclusion's hard to draw ButDm Claude's out in the sage tonightF He may be the last outlaw Aye AyeAm Aye [Repeat 1st verse] (2/3 speed)Am 1.In a land the Spanish once hadG called the Northern MysteryDm Where rivers run and disappearF And the Mustang still lives freeAm By the Devil's wash and the coyoteG hole In the wild Owyee RangeDm Somewhere in the sage tonight TheF Am wind calls out his name Aye Aye Aye
