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Artist: Tom Russell Song: Tonight We Ride Album: Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs Key: C Major [Intro] e|--12--10--13----|--3--8--3--0--*| B|--13—-12--15----|--5--10-5--1--*| G|----------------|--------------*| D|----------------|--------------*| A|----------------|--------------*| E|----------------|--------------*| [Verse]
Pancho Villa crossed the Cborder in the Fyear of ought sixCteen The people of Columbus still hear him Griding through their dreams He killed Amseventeen civilians you could Fhear the women scream Blackjack CPershing on a dancing horse was Gwaiting in the wings
[Chorus]
Tonight we Amride, tonight we Emride We'll Fskin ole Pancho CVilla, make chaps out of his Ghide Shoot his Amhorse, Siete Leguas, and his Ftwenty-seven brides Tonight we Cride,F tonight we Cride
[Verse]
CWe rode for three long years till Blackjack FPershing called it Cquits When Jackie wasn't lookin' I Gstole his fine spade bit It was Amtied upon his stallion, so I Frode away on it To the Cwild Chihuahuan desert, so Gdry you couldn't spit
[Chorus]
Tonight we Amride, you bastards Emdare We'll Fkill the wild ACpache for the bounty on his Ghair Then we'll Amride into Durango, climb Fup the whorehouse stairs Tonight we Cride,F Tonight we Cride
[Interlude] Am Em F C G Am F C F C [Verse]
CWhen I'm too damn old to sit a horse, I'll Fsteal the warden's Ccar Break my ass out of this prison, leave my Gteeth there in a jar You don't Amneed no teeth for kissin' gals or Fsmokin' cheap cigars I'll Csleep with one eye open, 'neath GGod's celestial stars
[Chorus]
Tonight we Amrock, Tonight we Emroll We'll Frob the Juarez Cliquor store for the Reposado GGold And if we Amdrink ourselves to death, ain't that the Fcowboy way to go? Tonight we Cride,F tonight we Cride
[Chorus]
Tonight we Amfly, we're headin' Emwest Toward the Fmountains and the Cocean where the eagle makes his Gnest If our Ambones bleach on the desert, we'll conFsider we are blessed Tonight we Cride,F Tonight we Cride
[Outro] Am Em F C G Am F
Tonight we Cride,F tonight we Cride. F C