The Passenger Chris LeDoux
[G]It was dark and I was driving down a [Em]lonely Texas road
the [C]night was hot and [D]sleep pulled at my [Em]eyes
I was [G]thinking bout the wild tim[Em]es and the women that I'd had
The de[C]ceitful things I'd [D]done and those [Em]lies
When [G]standin' in the shadows at the [D]side of the road
Stood the [C]figure of a withered old [Em]man
He [G]wore a black bandana a [D]ropin' stetson hat
With a [C]two inch scarlet hat [Em]band
He [G]held his wrinkled hand up as a [Em]sign to shut 'er down
So I [C]pulled over and [D]stopped at his [Em]side
He [G]opened up the door slid [Em]in and sat down
and said [C]my [D]ain't it hot to[Em]night
I [G]studied this old man and it [D]seemed mighty strange
for [C]him to be out here all a[Em]lone
and [G]then he started talking and he [D]told me many things
of [C]times that both of us had [Em]known
He [G]told me of the wild life and the [Em]women that he'd known
How [C]none of them had [D]ever meant a [Em]thing
He [G]told me of a black night [Em]much the same as this
of the [C]strange and [D]awesome things he'd [Em]seen
[G]A man beside the road had raised hi[D]s hand
and flagged him down So he [C]stopped and let him [Em]in
That [G]stranger told him stories that [D]I am hearing now
Bout the [C]wild times and all the [Em]sin
And the [G]car got cold and clamy and this [Em]old man looked at me
He said [C]boy I've [D]come here for [Em]you
Your [G]days of wicked sinnin' have [Em]come to an end
As a [C]mortal on this [D]earth you are [Em]through
Then his [G]eyes got red and firey as he [D]took his stetson off
To re[C]veal his evil horns shiney and [Em]black
My [G]god the fear came o'er and my [D]senses were all lost
I [C]fought with him until we finally [Em]crashed
Next [G]day they found the car at the [Em]bottom of the draw
The young [C]cowboy was [D]found beside the [Em]wreck
The [G]car had been consumed by fire
but the cowboy had no [Em]marks
Except the [C]smokin' pitchfork [D]brand upon his [Em]neck
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