Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am [Verse]

My name is Juan ^DmHano de ^AmCastro My ^Ffather was a Spanish Gran^Amdee But I won my wife in a ^Dmcard game To hell with those ^E7lords o'er the ^Amsea

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In my youth I had a ^DmMonterey home^Amstead Creeks, ^Fvalleys, mountains all ^Ammine I built me a snug little c^Dmabin And I roofed it with ^E7Monterey ^Ampine

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And I had me a bronc^Dm, was a ^Ambuckskin Like a ^Fhawk he could glide over the ^Amtrail We rode 40 miles every ^DmFriday To get me some ^E7grub and my ^Ammail

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But the South Coast is a ^Dmwild coast and ^Amlonely You may ^Fwin a card game in Jo^E7lon ^F ^E But the ^Amlion still ^Dmrules the Bar^Amranca And a ^Dmman there is ^Falways a^Amlone

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I sat in a card ^Dmgame at Jo^Amlon I ^Fplayed there with an hombre named ^AmJuan And after I'd taken his ^Dmmoney He said, "All against ^E7my daughter, ^AmDawn"

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I picked up the ace^Dm, I had ^Amwon her My ^Fheart which was down at my ^Amfeet Jumped up to my throat in a ^Dmhurry Like a warm summer's ^E7day she was ^Amsweet

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He opened the ^Dmdoor to the ^Amkitchen And he called the girl ^Dmout with a ^Amcurse Saying "Take her, Goddamn her, you ^Dmwon her She's yours now for ^E7better or ^Amworse"

[Chorus]

Yeah, the South Coast is a ^Dmwild coast and ^Amlonely You may ^Fwin a card game in Jo^E7lon ^F ^E But the ^Amlion still ^Dmrules the Bar^Amranca And a ^Dmman there is ^Falways a^Amlone

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Her arms had to ^Dmtighten a^Amround me As we ^Frode up the hill from the ^Amsouth Not a word did I hear from her that ^Dmday Or a kiss from her ^E7pretty red ^Ammouth

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We got to the ^Dmcabin at ^Amtwilight And the ^Fstars twinkled over the ^Amcoast She soon loved the orchard, the ^Dmvalley But I knew that she ^E7loved me the ^Ammost

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Oh, that was a ^Dmgay happy ^Amwinter I ^Fcarved on a cradle of ^Ampine By a fire in that snug little ^Dmshanty I sang with that ^E7sweet wife of ^Ammine

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But the South Coast is a ^Dmwild coast and ^Amlonely You may ^Fwin a card game in Jo^E7lon ^F ^E But the ^Amlion still ^Dmrules the Bar^Amranca And a ^Dmman there is ^Falways a^Amlone

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And then I got ^Dmhurt in a ^Amlandslide Crushed ^Fhip and twice broken ^Ambone She saddled up Buck just like ^Dmlightning Rode off for a ^E7doctor in Jo^Amlon

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But the lion screamed ^Dmin the Bar^Amranca Buck, he ^Fbolted and he fell on the ^Amslide My young wife lay dead in the moon^Dmlight My heart died that ^E7night with my ^Ambride

[Chorus]

Oh, the South Coast is a ^Dmwild coast and ^Amlonely You may ^Fwin a card game in Jo^E7lon ^F ^E But the ^Amlion still ^Dmrules the Bar^Amranca And a ^Dmman there is ^Falways a^Amlone

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They buried her ^Dmout in the ^Amorchard They ^Fcarried me down into ^Amtown I lost my Chiquita, mi (^Dmswayno) I'm an old broken ^E7man all a^Amlone

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The cabin still ^Dmstands on the ^Amhillside Its ^Fdoors open wide to the ^Amrain Both the cradle and my heart are ^Dmempty I never can ^E7go there a^Amgain

[Chorus]

Yeah, the South Coast is a ^Dmwild coast and ^Amlonely You may ^Fwin a card game in Jo^E7lon ^F ^E But the ^Amlion still ^Dmrules the Bar^Amranca And a ^Fman there is ^E7always a^Amlone

[Outro] Am C F C Am

Tom Russell - South coast