Spanish Johnny David Bromberg
[Verse 1]
[C]Those other years, the dusty years
When we drove the big herds [D]through
[C]I tried to forget the miles we rode
And Spanish Johnny [D]too
[Verse 2]
He'd [C]sit beside a water ditch when all his herd was [D]in
And [C]he'd never harm a child but sing [G] to his mando[D]lin
He sang the [C]old songs, the old ways,
and the dealins' of our [D]game
[C]Spanish Johnny seldom spoke, but sang songs of[D] Spain
[Verse 3]
[C]And his talk with men was vicious talk
When he was drunk on [D]gin
Ah, [C]but those were golden things he said [G] to his mandoli[D]n
[GUITAR SOLO]
[vERSE 4]
[C]We had to stand, we had to judge,
We had to stop him [D]then
For the [C]hand so gentle to a child had killed so many [D]men
[vERSE 5]
[C]He died a hard death long ago before the roads came i[D]n
And the [C]night before he swung he sung[G] to his mand[D]olin
[C]Well, we carried him out in the mornin' light
a man who done no [D]good
[C]And we lowered him down in the cold cold clay
Stuck in a cross of [D]wood
And a [C]letter he wrote to his kinfolk
To tell them where he'd [D]been
And we[C] shipped it on down to Mexico,
[G]Along with his mandol[D]in [C]
Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.azchords.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.
