Yonder Mountain String Band - Dawns early light

^EmThat old prairie wind is blowin^Dg I can ^Emfeel it on my face^D As the ^Emland, it rolls out before me ^D Eve^Drything is in it's plac^Eme

My old^Em home, I'll never ^Dgo to My old ^Emhome, I'll never s^Dee For I must ^Emride now across these f^Dlatlands F^Dleein' the man who murdered ^Emme

By the ^Emdawn's early light^D Oh now, ^EmI must saddle up and ^Dride By the ^Emdawn's early light^D Oh now, ^Cride through the ^Dnight Into the ^Ddawn's early l^Emight

In the ^Emstate of Ind^Diana Lived the^Em man who killed my s^Don I shot him ^Emdead, now I did it^D indeed After ^Dten long years on the ^Emrun

But that ^Emman, he was not a ^Dloner Had two ^Embrothers, Lord, you ^Dsee They flipped a ^Emcoin to let f^Date decide Which o^Dne would come and murder ^Emme

Sun comes ^Emup, down in the va^Dlley In the ^Emair, sensation over^D me When I ^Emsee comin' up around the c^Dorner Both of the ^DBrothers riding right in front of ^Emme

Down in the ^Emvalley it's two against ^Done All men ^Emreaching for their ^Dguns Three shots ^Emfired down deep in the ^Dvalley Two men ^Ddying in the morning ^Emsun

By the ^Emdawn's early li^Dght My boy's ^Emkneelin' by my s^Dide By the ^Emdawn's early li^Dght As I l^Cay me down to ^Ddie Into the ^Ddawn's early ^Emlight

By the ^Emdawn's early li^Dght Oh now, ^EmI must saddle up and r^Dide By the ^Emdawn's early light^D Oh now, ^Cride through the ^Dnight Into the ^Ddawn's early ^Emlight

Riding ^Emalong into the n^Dight Riding ^Emalong into the n^Dight Well, it must've been ^Emfive, six years a^Dgo Under the ^Ddawn's early l^Emight

Well, I led my ^Emdarling down the old vermillion ^Dway Well, I led ^Emher down to the ^Driverside And we said our v^Emows in the moon^Dlight that night And we knew fr^Com that day we'^Dd never be apart But then it all ^Dchanged in the blink of an ^Emeye