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These chords are based on Charlie Stout's youtube acoustic song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v7TzHz_UxA).
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[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G Csus2 G
Five hundred golden pieces and a shoulder full of lead,
D
A worn out horse between my feet, a pounding in my head,
G Csus2 G
Gotta make it to the border, Lord this ain’t no place to die,
Csus2 G D G
On the river’s northern shore, underneath a Texas sky.
[Chorus 1]
D
I see stars,
Csus2 G
I see ocotillo blowing in the wind,
Csus2 G D
Feel the breathing of my pony, I know we’ve reached the end,
G Csus2 G
Hear hoofbeats in the distance and the shouts of angry men,
Csus2 G D G
Oh, the rangers may surround me, they’ll never take me in.
[Verse 2]
G Csus2 G
My shoulder burns like hell fire, this horse' too tired to ride,
D
I kick and curse and dig the spurs up hard against his side,
G Csus2 G
He’s screaming like a banshee, running fast as he would go
Csus2 G D G
From the posse trying to catch me to the land of Mexico.
[Chorus 2]
D
I see stars,
Csus2 G
I see ocotillo blowing in the wind,
Csus2 G D
Feel the breathing of my pony, I know we’ve reached the end,
G Csus2 G
Hear hoofbeats in the distance and the shouts of angry men,
Csus2 G D G
Oh, the rangers may surround me, they’ll never take me in.
[Instrumental]
D / Csus2 G Csus2 G / D / Csus2 G Csus2 G D G
[Verse 3]
G Csus2 G
This horse has finally quit me, we fall hard upon the dirt,
D
The rangers point their shotguns at the pocket on my shirt,
G Csus2 G
I reach slow for my revolver, the captain tips his hat,
Csus2 G D G
I kiss the sacred cylinder, I draw the hammer back.
[Chorus 3]
D
I see stars,
Csus2 G
I see ocotillo blowing in the wind,
Csus2 G D
Feel the breathing of my pony, I know we’ve reached the end,
G Csus2 G
Hear hoofbeats in the distance and the shouts of angry men,
Csus2 G D Em7
Oh, the rangers may surround me, they’ll never take me in...
[Outro]
Csus2 G
Now the angels, they surround me...
D G
Mother Mary, take me in.
