Beside The Rio Grande chords by
Strawbs
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Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Em
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G

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Verse 1
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Strawbs - Beside The Rio Grande
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It happened rather suddenly that
the Preacher came to town
With stories from the Testaments
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Em

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of men of great reknown
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With his box of patent medicines
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he swore to cure all ills
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Am

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From the lameness in the horses,
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to the children's colds and chills
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And he had along his Indian wife
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and a country music band
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Am

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Who sang of peace and brotherhood be
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side the Rio Grande.
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G

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Verse 2
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Now the Preacher quickly gathered
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Em

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sick and poor from miles around
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Who came to him for comfort and to
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hear his country sound
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But the may or thought he was trouble
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when he spoke against the law
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And he saw the growing power of the
crowds that he could draw
And he worried when the Preacher
bought himself a plot of land
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To settle with his family beside
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the Rio Grande.
Verse 3
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The saloon was pretty crowded and the
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stakes was a-running high
high
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And the girls sang sentimental songs
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that made us cowboys cry
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We began to criticise the Preacher
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marrying a squaw
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And how could he associate with cripples,
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drunks and whores
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And in a crazy fit the Preacher scattered
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chips and winning hands
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And condemned it as a den of vice
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D
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beside the Rio Grande.
Dm
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Now the
Verse 4
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boys were drunk and rowdy,
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and mostly pretty mean
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And we dragged him to the sidewalk
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and whipped his shoulders clean
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We said he was responsible for
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bringing on the drought
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That had burned off all the spring grass
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and had wiped the young herd out
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The sheriff would not get involved,
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the law could take no hand
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C
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The Preacher had not harmed a soul.
Verse 5
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We pegged him on the hillside along
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side two Apache braves
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Who'd been given picks and shovels
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and been made to dig their graves
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And when he asked for water stood
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and pissed around his feet
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While his tongue swelled up and blackened
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D
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in the burning desert heat
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Am
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And someone said we ought to mark
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the Preacher with a brand
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To show that he did not belong
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beside the Rio Grande.
Verse 6
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Then the sky began to darken and
a breeze whipped up the dust
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Am
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And some of us were frightened
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while others swore and cursed
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And the Preacher said a few words
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F
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with his final dying breath
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About forgiving us for what we had
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D
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done to bring about his death
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And as the night began to fall we
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covered him with sand
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C
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And left his weary bones to bleach.

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