The Last Comanche Moon Chords by Mike Blakely

_ _ _ The last Comanche moon was shining on [D] me
_ Brightest day my true [A] love walked the trail from hell's midnight.
I [B] rode the Milky Way I
_ _ [G] _ _
Raced the wolf the night [D] the broken arrow fell.
I staked [A] my life
Lost [C#] my fortune for to [Bm] save the mission bell _ _ _
_ _ _ Hey, _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ I
Was [Bm] cowboy once [G] down on Rio Grande.
_ [A] I rode the Rangers [B] for the broken arrow brand
I was on guard that [G] fateful night in early June.
[A] I saw the ride [Bm] another last
Comanche moon [D] I
Saw the Warriors [A] right around the river bend.
[Em] I give a shout to rouse the [Bm] boys the whole ranch to defend
_ [D] They kept us pinned down [A] with a hundred arrows fun
[Em] They come for all our horses [B] and they left us with one
I'd locked [F#] him with a trace [G] change to a live oak tree that day [A] my race and blue-roam stallion.
[Bm] I called the Milky Way
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] His daddy was a [G] Mustang and famous by the stud [E] his mama was a [B] thoroughbred a pure, Kentucky
He was worth fortune [G] of a thousand maybe more
[A] His winnings numbered hundreds [Bm] and his winter number four
[D] There is a chair back [A] at the broken arrow ranch [Em] when I rode the Milky Way into [Bm] the moonlight at the bench
[D] I shot my way [A] out through a hundred painted brave [Em] and struck the trail that [Bm] led to town my true love for the same
My true love was a barmaid [G] and she worked gamblers.
Hell [A] her name's Julianne.
She [Bm] was called Mel [B] hey _ _ _ _ _
[B] She lived in the [Em] ruins of the ancient [D] mission church that [A] stood a mile from town [Bm] up where the brave
She [F#m] _ always walked the trail [D] along the hills midnight.
So I [A] was bound to save her from the [B] last _
_ _ Halfway to town and [A] I was crossing devil's branch.
I [Em] run on to another raid [Bm] party
I
[D] _ _ Recognize the [A] warrior on the blood they bear I [Em] knew his name was wolf
He said he'd [Bm] a little love hair when [F#] hoss raised up the fork.
[G] He admired my blue-roam stud
He [A] come on through the moonlight [B] like a low _
[A] The [G] last convention moon was [D] shining on me right his day my true [A] love walk the trail from hell's midnight.
[Bm] I wrote _
I
Raced [G] the wolf tonight [D] the broken arrow fell.
I [A] snaked my life lost my fortune [Bm] for the sake
Mel hey, [B] I _ _ _
_ _ _ Shot love pistol dry and dropped it on the road [A] with my saddlebag and carpet [B] belt a light
But an arrow found a Milky Way [G] to the wound to get the bleed [A] and the wolf is on his warhorse [Bm] a fleet of men He's team
[D] _ There in the moonlight [A] rose the ancient mission was
[Em] Right behind [Bm] me when I heard my true love call.
[D] I rode the racehorse [A] of a lifetime to the ground
[Em] I swear he died a running [Bm] man.
There's like
I landed on my shadow [G] and I laid just where I felt [A] the screams of Julianne met [Bm] with the wolf
Hey
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] I'm called a liar
[G] I've been called a fool
[A] Not the don't commit.
She's [B] grand.
No mercy is rude
But old wolf seemed helpless [G] and he seen his chance I know [A] but he only rode right by [F#] me and he struck you
_ [D] He could have killed me [A] but he only got a coup [Em] he turned and touched the Milky [Bm] Way before the ghost
_ [D] He give a [A] warrior like a wolf burn with a brand then [Em] we'll induct the pistol shot [Bm] by
_ _ [F#m] [Bm] Julianne
She helped me rise up from [G] the huts
The _ [A] last command she [Em] made Milky [Bm] Way
Well, _ _ _ it's _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] been 60 years now [G] since I made that faithful ride
_ _ [A] It's been 20 winters since I [Bm] heard _ _ _
_ _ It's been seven moons now since I lost my Julianne
_ [A] I'm going for to join her boys.
[B] My time is near at hand _
_ [D] _ Don't mind my passing boys.
[A] It's time the old man died
The [E] wolf he waits to guide me up the [Bm] trail or the divide
_ [A] _
_ [D] The moon is rising like it did so long ago
_ [Em] And I see the warriors waiting on the ridge [B] now all [F#] aglow _
[Bm] Farewell world of trouble
_ [G] Here comes Julianne
[A] She rides the Milky Way to take [Bm] me to the promised land _
[G] The last command she move was [D] shining on me
Brightest day my true love [A] walk the trail from hell's midnight.
[Bm] I wrote
I
[A] _ _
[G] _ Erased the wolf the night [D] the broken arrow fell I staked my [A] life and lost my fortune
for [B] to save the [Bm] mission bell _
_ _ _ _ _ Hey _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
Hey
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _