Spanish Johnny - Emmylou Harris Chords
Chords: D, E, A
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D
Those other years, the dusty years
E
We drove the big herds through
D
I tried to forget the miles we rode
E
And Spanish Johnny too
D E
He'd sit beside a water ditch when all this herd was in
D A E
And he'd never harm a child but sing to his mandolin
D E
The old talk, the old ways, and the dealin' of our game
D E
Spanish Johnny never spoke, but sing a song of Spain
D
And his talk with men was vicious talk
E
When he was drunk on gin
D A E
Ah, but those were golden things he said to his mandolin
D
We had to stand, we tried to judge,
E
We had to stop him then
D E
For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men
D E
He died a hard death long ago before the roads come in
D A E
And the night before he swung he sung to his mandolin
D
Well, we carried him out in the mornin' sun
E
A man that done no good
D
And we lowered him down in the cold clay
E
Stuck in a cross of wood
D
And a letter he wrote to his kinfolk
E
To tell them where he'd been
D
And we shipped it out to Mexico,
A E D
Along with his mandolin
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