Kris Kristofferson - The sabre and the rose

^EFeet hit the ground, feet leavin' town Quicker than a ^Dbullet or a ^Eknife Fallin' ain't no fun ^Awhen you're on the run ^EHoney we was ^Drunnin' for our ^Elives When ^AStagger Lee had drunk his fill of ^Emoonlight He ^Aturned his burnin' eyes upon my ^Esoul "It's^A time by God to spend this night with^E someone else" he said "^ESqueeze a little ^Dpleasure from the ^Egold, love and glory but ^EWe can take it ^Deasy when we're ^Eold"

He said "we'll ^Etake us into town, lay our money down I'll bring you to the ^Dsweetest thing that ^Egrows Because the fairest ones in sight are ^Abloomin' every night At a ^Etavern called the ^DSabre and the ^ERose"

We ^Aswang into the saddle slick as ^Ebreathin' And ^Aslapped 'em once for pleasure with the^E reins The ^Ahorses snorted frosty in the ^Emoonlight Somethin' dark was ^Dsingin' in my ^Eveins O^Elder than the ^Dvoices in my ^Ebrain ^{D A E}

He said "this ^Eplace you're gonna see is where they live and breathe And sink down a little bit ^Ddeeper every ^Eday And sometimes at night when the ^Awind is a-runnin' right You can ^Ehear it suckin' ^Dthirty miles a^Eway"

^AThen the light was crimson and I ^Efound her All ^Anaked and eternal and in^Esane ^ASacred as the mysteries a^Eround her like a veil ^ENothin' but her ^Dprison was pr^Eofane ^EAll we had in c^Dommon was our ^Echains

^{D A} Ah burn it ^Edown boys ^{D A} Burn it to the ^Egrounds boys, burn it on down yeah

^EFeet hit the ground, feet leavin' town Quicker than a ^Dbullet or a k^Enife All the way she ran ^Aholdin' to my hand ^ERunnin' for the ^Driver and our ^Elives ^ASlidin' from the moonlight into ^Eshadows ^ASilent as the river as it ^Eflows ^ASwimmin' to the place they'll never ^Efind us ^EAll we left ^Dbehind us was our ^Eclothes and the stories children ^ESing about the S^Dabre and the ^ERose