Spanish Johnny

Verse 1 C Those other years, the dusty years D When we drove the big herds through C I tried to forget the miles we rode D And Spanish Johnny too Verse 2 C D He'd sit beside a water ditch when all his herd was in C G D And he'd never harm a child but sing to his mandolin C He sang the old songs, the old ways, D and the dealins' of our game C D Spanish Johnny seldom spoke, but sang songs of Spain Verse 3 C And his talk with men was vicious talk D When he was drunk on gin C G D Ah, but those were golden things he said to his mandolin GUITAR SOLO vERSE 4 C We had to stand, we had to judge, D We had to stop him then C D For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men vERSE 5 C D He died a hard death long ago before the roads came in C G D And the night before he swung he sung to his mandolin C Well, we carried him out in the mornin' light D a man who done no good C And we lowered him down in the cold cold clay D Stuck in a cross of wood C And a letter he wrote to his kinfolk D To tell them where he'd been C And we shipped it on down to Mexico, G D C Along with his mandolin