Beside The Rio Grande
Beside The Rio Grande

Beside The Rio Grande easy guitar chords by Strawbs

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Fret 5

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  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Strawbs 
    - Beside The 
    Rio Grande 

    It 
    happened 
    rather 
    suddenly 
    that 

    the Preacher 
    came 
    to 
    town 

    With 
    stories 
    from 
    the 
    Testaments 

    of 
    men 
    of great 
    reknown 

    With 
    his 
    box 
    of 
    patent 
    medicines 

    he 
    swore 
    to 
    cure 
    all 
    ills 

    From 
    the 
    lameness 
    in 
    the 
    horses, 

    to 
    the 
    children's 
    colds 
    and 
    chills 

    And 
    he 
    had 
    along 
    his 
    Indian 
    wife 

    and 
    a country 
    music 
    band 

    Who 
    sang 
    of 
    peace 
    and 
    brotherhood 
    be

    side 
    the 
    Rio 
    Grande. 

    Verse 2

    Now the 
    Preacher 
    quickly 
    gathered 

    sick 
    and poor 
    from 
    miles 
    around 

    Who 
    came to 
    him 
    for comfort 
    and to 

    hear 
    his country 
    sound 

    But the 
    may
    or thought 
    he 
    was trouble 

    when he 
    spoke 
    against 
    the law 

    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 

    To settle 
    with 
    his 
    family 
    beside 

    the 
    Rio 
    Grande. 

    Verse 3

    The saloon 
    was 
    pretty 
    crowded 
    and the 

    stakes 
    was a-running 
    high 

    high 

    And 
    the 
    girls 
    sang 
    sentimental 
    songs 

    that made 
    us cowboys 
    cry 

    We began 
    to 
    criticise 
    the Preacher 

    marrying 
    a squaw 

    And 
    how could 
    he 
    associate 
    with 
    cripples, 

    drunks 
    and 
    whores 

    And 
    in 
    a crazy 
    fit 
    the Preacher 
    scattered 

    chips 
    and 
    winning 
    hands 

    And con
    demned 
    it as 
    den 
    of vice 

    be
    side 
    the 
    Rio 
    Grande. 

    Now the 
    Verse 4
    boys 
    were 
    drunk 
    and rowdy, 

    and 
    mostly 
    pretty 
    mean 

    And we 
    dragged 
    him 
    to 
    the sidewalk 

    and 
    whipped 
    his shoulders 
    clean 

    We 
    said he 
    was 
    responsible 
    for 

    bringing 
    on 
    the 
    drought 

    That had 
    burned 
    off 
    all 
    the spring 
    grass 

    and had 
    wiped 
    the young 
    herd 
    out 

    The 
    sheriff 
    would 
    not 
    get involved, 

    the 
    law 
    could 
    take no 
    hand 

    The 
    Preacher 
    had 
    not 
    harmed 
    a soul. 

    Verse 5
    We 
    pegged 
    him on 
    the 
    hillside 
    along

    side 
    two Apache 
    braves 

    Who'd been 
    given 
    picks 
    and 
    shovels 

    and been 
    made 
    to dig their 
    graves 

    And 
    when he 
    asked 
    for water 
    stood 

    and 
    pissed 
    around 
    his 
    feet 

    While his 
    tongue 
    swelled 
    up 
    and blackened 

    in the burning 
    desert 
    heat 

    And 
    someone 
    said 
    we 
    ought 
    to 
    mark 

    the Preacher 
    with a 
    brand 

    To show 
    that 
    he 
    did not 
    belong 

    beside 
    the 
    Rio 
    Grande. 

    Verse 6

    Then the sky 
    began 
    to darken 
    and 

    a breeze 
    whipped 
    up 
    the dust 

    And 
    some of 
    us 
    were 
    frightene

    while 
    others 
    swore 
    and cursed 

    And the 
    Preacher 
    said 
    a few 
    words 

    with his 
    final 
    dying 
    breath 

    About 
    for
    giving 
    us 
    for what 
    we had 

    done 
    to 
    bring about 
    his 
    death 

    And 
    as 
    the 
    night 
    began 
    to 
    fall 
    we 

    covered 
    him 
    with 
    sand 

    And left 
    his 
    weary 
    bones 
    to bleach. 


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