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El Llano Estacado chords by
Tom Russell
Tom Russell

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Intro 1
F
G
Am
G
F
C

Verse 1
C

If I may trust your love,

she cried
Em

And you would have me for a bride
Am

Ride the wild plain and bring
Dm

A flask of water from the Mustang Spring
Bb

Fly as o'er the eagle's wing
Dm
G

On the Llano Estacado
C
Verse 2

He smiled and left without a word
Em

Grabbed up saddle, bit, and spur
Am

Cinched his horse and rode away
Dm

through prickly pear and old Maguey,
Bb

van ished with the dying day
G

on the Llano Estacado.
C
Verse 3

All through the night he
Em

gallops on

Daylight broke, he rode alone
Am

Spurred his horse and drew no rein
Dm
A
Dm

Across that dry, forsaken plain
Bb

Until the Mustang Spring he gained
Dm
G
C

On the Llano Estacado.
Verse 4
C
F
G
Am

Crazy with love, in Enamorado!
G

Alone out on the Llano Estacado.
C
Verse 5
Em

A bitter rest, a few short drinks

Across the spring a buzzard waits
Am

His flask was full and so he turned
Dm

To gain the bride he soon would earn
Bb

But the sky bright red it burned
Dm
G

On the Llano Estacado
C
Verse 6

Oh how this shining desert glow
Em

His eyes were burning as he rode
Am

Was this the dream or drunken one
Dm

Or was he really riding on
Bb

Was that a skull that gleamed and shone
G

On the Llano Estacado
C
Verse 7

Oh hold onto his horse he cried
Em

Ignore the devils in the sky
Am

Bear up a little longer yet
Dm

His cracked lips he longed to wet
Bb

His mouth was black with blood and sweat
G

On the Llano Estacado
C
Verse 8
Em
G
F
G

Crazy with love,
Am

in Enamorado!
G

Alone out on the Llano Estacado.
Em
C
Interlude 1
F
G
Am
G

C

Verse 9
C

Still against his chest he held
Em

The water flask for her he filled
Am

He longed to drink but well he knew
Dm

If empty her love he'd lose
Bb

But his raging thirst it grew
G

On the Llano Estacado
C
Verse 10

His horse went down he wandered on
Em

Dizzy, blinded and alone
Am
Dm

And you out there with watery eyes

Think of how it is to die
Bb
Dm

Beneath the cruel, uncloudy sky
G

Of the Llano Estacado
C
Verse 11

At last he stumbled, then he fell
Em

His race was run he knew full well
Am

Raising to his lips the flask
Dm

His face a blistered, painful mask
Bb

Drank too, no more could she ask
Dm
G
C

Of the Llano Estacado
Verse 12
C
F
G

Crazy with love,
A
Am

in Enamorado!
G

He died out on the Llano Estacado.
C
Verse 13
Em

That night at the Presido

Beneath the torchlights way below
Am

She danced and never thought of him
Dm

A victim of a woman's whim
Bb

Ly ing with that death like grin
Dm
G
C

On the Llano Estacado
Verse 14
C
G
F
G
Am

Crazy with love, in Enamorado!
G
C

Alone out on the Llano Estacado.
Verse 15
C
F
G
Am

Crazy with love, in Enamorado!
G
Alone out on the Llano Estacado.
Outro 1
C

F
G
Am
G

C

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  • Em

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  • Bb

  • A

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