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Tom Russell - El Llano Estacado [Intro] F G Am G C [Verse 1] "If I may trust your love", she cried

"And ^Emyou would have me for a bride ^AmRide the wild plain and bring Am^Dm flask of water from the Mustang Spring ^BbFly as o'er the eagle's wing On the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado"

[Verse 2] He smiled and left without a word

G^Emrabbed up saddle, bit, and spur ^AmCinched his horse and rode away Through ^Dmprickly pear and old Maguey ^BbVanished with the dying day On the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado

[Verse 3] All through the night he gallops on

^EmDaylight broke, he rode alone ^AmSpurred his horse and drew no rein A^Dmcross that dry, forsaken plain ^Bb'Til the Mustang Spring he gained On the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado

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^FCrazy with ^Glove in Enamo^Amrado A^Glone out on the Llano Esta^Ccado

[Verse 4] Am bitter rest, a few short drinks

A^Emcross the spring a buzzard waits His ^Amflask was full and so he turned To ^Dmgain the bride he soon would earn ^BbBut the sky, bright red it burned On the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado

[Verse 5] Oh, how this shining desert glow

His ^Emeyes were burning as he rode Was ^Amthis the dream or drunken one Or ^Dmwas he really riding on Was ^Bbthat a skull that gleamed and shone On the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado

[Verse 6] Oh, hold onto his horse he cried

Ig^Emnore the devils in the sky ^AmBear up a little longer yet His ^Dmcracked lips he longed to wet His ^Bbmouth was black with blood and sweat On the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado

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^FCrazy with ^Glove in Enamo^Amrado A^Glone out on the Llano Esta^Ccado

[Instrumental] F G Am G C [Verse 7] But still against his chest he held

The ^Emwater flask, for her he filled He ^Amlonged to drink, but well he knew If ^Dmempty, her love he'd lose ^BbBut his raging thirst it grew On the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado

[Verse 8] His horse went down, he wandered on

^EmDizzy, blinded and alone And ^Amyou out there with watery eyes ^DmThink of how it is to die Be^Bbneath the cruel, uncloudy sky Of the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado

[Verse 9] At last he stumbled, then he fell

His ^Emrace was run, he knew full well ^AmRaising to his lips the flask His ^Dmface, a blistered, painful mask Drank ^Bbtoo, no more could she ask Of the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado

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^FCrazy with ^Glove in Enamo^Amrado He ^Gdied out on the Llano Esta^Ccado

[Verse 10] That night at the Presidio

Be^Emneath the torch-lights, way below She ^Amdanced and never thought of him A ^Dmvictim of a woman's whim ^BbLying with that death like grin On the ^GLlano Esta^Ccado

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^FCrazy with ^Glove in Enamo^Amrado A^Glone out on the Llano Esta^Ccado

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^FCrazy with ^Glove in Enamo^Amrado A^Glone out on the Llano Esta^Ccado

[Outro] F G Am G C

Tom Russell - El llano estacado