The Handsome Family - The song of 100 toads

^COn my way out to the gold mines, crossing the western hills Me and my little dog Clyde and a horse named ^AmPrancing Bill I sl^Fept under the stars, I heard the coyotes sing And the ^Csun was a golden co^Gin shining just for^C me The ^Fsun shone just for ^Cme

^CBut high up in the mountains, Bill began to foam And as I whipped and tugged him, he bucked against his ^Amload A^Fround a hairpin turn, the wagon tumbled o'er And ^Cdown the jagged rocks, Bill ^Gfell with all I ^Cowned He ^Ffell with all I ^Cowned

^CAs the sun died out, coyotes began to howl Little Clyde's head rose and answered with a ^Amgrowl But ^Fwhen I bent to call him, he snapped at me and ran And ^Cthen I was alone in the ^Gsilent rocks and ^Csand The ^Fsilent rocks and ^Csand

^CBy my fifth day of walking, I was crawling on my knees Eating handfuls of dust from between the dying ^Amweeds I ^Flaid down in the dirt as the sun lost her glow But^C I was welcomed in the dark by the ^Gsong of a hundred ^Ctoads The ^Fsong of a hundred ^Ctoads

The ^Fsong of a hundred ^Ctoads The ^Fsong of a hundred ^Ctoads The ^Fsong of a hundred ^Ctoads