C     C/G      C    C/G     C          C/G      C   C/G
On my way out to the gold mines, crossing the western hills,
C          C/G        C C/G         C          C/G       Am Am/E  Am Am/E
Me and my little dog, Clyde, and a horse named Prancing Bill,
    F    F/C      F  F/C     F       F/C      F    F/C
I slept under the stars, I heard the coyotes sing,
         C        C/G    C C/G  G     G/B      C C/G  C C/G
And the sun was a golden coin shining just for me.
     F        F/C      C C/G  C C/G
The sun shone just for me.

[VERSE 2]

     C     C/G      C   C/G    C     C/G     C  C/G
But high up in the mountains, Bill began to foam,
    C     C/G         C     C/G      C      C/G         Am  Am/E  Am Am/E
And as I whipped and tugged him, he bucked against his load,
  F       F/C    F F/C      F     F/C    F   F/C
'Round a hairpin turn, the wagon tumbled o'er
     C       C/G     C  C/G      G        G/B    C  C/G
And down the jagged rocks, Bill fell with all I owned.
    F        F/C    C C/G  C C/G   
He fell with all I owned.

[VERSE 3]

C      C/G       C C/G  C        C/G     C  C/G
As the sun died out,   coyotes began to howl
 C      C/G          C C/G    C     C/G        Am Am/E Am Am/E
Little Clyde's head rose and answered with a growl,
      F    F/C      F   F/C       F       F/C      F  F/C
But when I bent to call him, he snapped at me and ran,
      C    C/G   C C/G        G      G/B       C C/G  C C/G
And then I was alone  in the silent rocks and sand.
     F      F/C       C C/G  C C/G
The silent rocks and sand.

[INTERLUDE]

C C/G  C C/G

[VERSE 4]

       C    C/G     C  C/G          C     C/G     C  C/G
By my fifth day of walking, I was crawling on my knees,
    C  C/G      C  C/G         C       C/G     Am  Am/E
In handfuls of dust   from between the dying weeds.
   F       F/C     F  F/C       F   F/C       F  F/C
I laid out in the dirt  as the sun lost her glow,
    C     C/G      C       C/G         G        G/B       C  C/G  C C/G
But I was welcomed in the dark by the song of a hundred toads.

[OUTRO]

     F        F/C       C C/G  C C/G
The song of a hundred toads.
     F        F/C       C C/G  C C/G
The song of a hundred toads.
     F        F/C       C C/G  C C/G
The song of a hundred toads.
     F        F/C       C C/G  C C/G
The song of a hundred toads.