El Llano Estacado chords by Tom Russell
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Intro 1
(F major) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 1
If (C major) I may trust your love,
she cried
(E minor) And you would have me for a bride
Ride (A minor) the wild plain and bring
A flask (D minor) of water from the Mustang Spring
Fly (B flat major) as o'er the eagle's wing
(D minor) On the (G major) Llano Estacado
(C major)
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Verse 2
He smiled and left without a word
Grabbed (E minor) up saddle, bit, and spur
Cinched (A minor) his horse and rode away
through (D minor) prickly pear and old Maguey,
van (B flat major) ished with the dying day
on the (G major) Llano Estacado.
(C major)
Verse 3
All through the night he
gallops on (E minor)
Daylight broke, he rode alone
Spurred (A minor) his horse and drew no rein
Across (D minor) that dry, forsaken (A major) (D minor) plain
Un (B flat major) til the Mustang Spring he gained
(D minor) On the (G major) Llano Estacado. (C major)
Verse 4
(C major) Crazy (F major) (G major) with love, in (A minor) Enamorado!
(G major) Alone out on the Llano Estacado.
(C major)
Verse 5
A bitter rest, a few short drink (E minor) s
Across the spring a buzzard waits
His (A minor) flask was full and so he turned
To (D minor) gain the bride he soon would earn
(B flat major) But the sky bright red it burned
(D minor) On the (G major) Llano Estacado
(C major)
Verse 6
Oh how this shining desert glow
His (E minor) eyes were burning as he rode
Was (A minor) this the dream or drunken one
Or (D minor) was he really riding on
Was that (B flat major) a skull that gleamed and shone
On the (G major) Llano Estacado
(C major)
Verse 7
Oh hold onto his horse he cried
Ig (E minor) nore the devils in the sky
(A minor) Bear up a little longer yet
His (D minor) cracked lips he longed to wet
His (B flat major) mouth was black with blood and sweat
On the (G major) Llano Estacado
(C major)
Verse 8
(E minor) (G major) Crazy (F major) with love, (G major)
in (A minor) Enamorado!
(G major) Alone out on the Llano Estacado.
(E minor) (C major)
Interlude 1
(F major) (G major) (A minor) (G major)
(C major)
Verse 9
Still (C major) against his chest he held
The wa (E minor) ter flask for her he filled
He (A minor) longed to drink but well he knew
If (D minor) empty her love he'd lose
(B flat major) But his raging thirst it grew
On the (G major) Llano Estacado
(C major)
Verse 10
His horse went down he wandered on
(E minor) Dizzy, blinded and alone
And you (A minor) out there with watery (D minor) eyes
Think of how it is to die
Beneath (B flat major) the cruel, uncloudy sky (D minor)
(G major) Of the Llano Estacado
(C major)
Verse 11
At last he stumbled, then he fell
His (E minor) race was run he knew full well
(A minor) Raising to his lips the flask
(D minor) His face a blistered, painful mask
Drank too, (B flat major) no more could she ask
(D minor) Of the (G major) Llano Estacado (C major)
Verse 12
(C major) Crazy (F major) (G major) with love,
in (A major) (A minor) Enamorado!
He died (G major) out on the Llano Estacado.
(C major)
Verse 13
That night at the (E minor) Presido
Beneath the torchlights way below
She (A minor) danced and never thought of him
A victim (D minor) of a woman's whim
Ly (B flat major) ing with that death like grin
(D minor) On the (G major) Llano Estacado (C major)
Verse 14
(C major) (G major) Crazy (F major) with love, (G major) in (A minor) Enamorado!
(G major) Alone out on the Llano Estacado. (C major)
Verse 15
(C major) Crazy (F major) with love, (G major) in (A minor) Enamorado!
(G major) Alone out on the Llano Estacado.
Outro 1
(C major)
(F major) (G major) (A minor) (G major)
(C major)
El Llano Estacado
Tom Russell
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