Chris Ledoux - Stampede

^DWe made camp along Red ^CRiver Watched the ^Gcattle as they bedded ^Ddown Back at the wagons, right after ^Csupper ^GSpread our bedrolls on the ^Dground And me and ^GWillie, we took the ^Dnight guard And the ^Gsage never smelled so ^Dsweet The prairie ^Gmoon, was blazin' ^Dsilver No chance to ^Cnight for a stam ^Dpede

Way over yonder, off in the ^Cdistance Towards the ^Gmountains there in the ^Dwest Did I see lightnin', did I hear ^Cthunder The mind is ^Gweary, I could use some ^Drest Then all at ^Gonce, the wind shifts dir ^Dections The clouds roll ^Gin behind the tumble ^Dweeds Those longhorn ^Gcattle, are gettin' ^Drestless God help us ^Call, if they stam ^Dpede

Smell the rain, hear the ^Cthunder The midnight ^Gsky, turns black as ^Ddeath The lightnin' crashes, smell the ^Csulphur It's rank and ^Gstrong, as Satan's ^Dbreath The cattle ^Grise up, and go to ^Drunnin' I spur my ^Gpony on and take the ^Dlead And across the ^Gherd, I can hear Willie ^Dyellin' ^CHey Stam ^Dpede!

Dust clouds ^Drise, as the ^Crain falls They mix to ^Ggether, turn the air to ^Dmud I feel the longhorns brush ^Cagainst me I can feel the ^Gdemons racing through my ^Dblood Then all at ^Gonce, my pony ^Dstumbles We hit the ^Gground, I rise up to my ^Dknees In a flash of ^Glight, I can see the cattle ^Dcomin' Lord I know I'm gonna ^Cdie in this stam ^Dpede

Then I awake, and I look a ^Cround me I'm in my ^Gbedroll and I'm layin' on the ^Dground Over there's the wagon, and there's the ^Ccampfire I was only ^Gdreamin', what's that ^Dsound? And I feel the ^Gearth tremble under ^Dneath me As the midnight ^Gsky begins to ^Dbleed And from the ^Gblackness I can hear Willie ^Dyellin' ^CHey Stam ^Dpede