Chords for Tom Russell on Letterman

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_ Paul, you're [F] playing the accordion for [C] heaven's sake.
No, no [F] I'm not.
I've known you a long time.
I didn't know you could play the accordion.
I can't really [Eb] play it.
Don't tell anyone.
_ [A] You're doing that to [E] impress the chicks? _ _
Yeah, nothing impresses [Ab] the chicks like an accordion.
That's right.
_ Exactly.
_ Our next guest is a [F] terrific singer, a songwriter whose most recent CD is entitled Indians
Cowboys, Horses and Dogs.
[Ab] You listen to this CD once and [Em] you'll saddle up and [Bbm] you'll ride up to Bab and knock off
a liquor store. _ _
_ Honest to God, that's what you'll do. _
Please welcome back to the show Tom Russell.
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_ [Gm] Once he'll be [E] across the border in the year of August [C] 16.
_ _ _ The people of Columbus hear [G] him riding through their dreams.
[Am] He killed 17 _ civilians.
You [F] could hear the women scream. _
Black Jack [C] Pershing all to dance and the [G] horse was waiting in the wings.
[Am] Tonight we ride, _ tonight we [Em] ride.
_ [F] We'll skin old Pancho Villa [C] and make chaps out of his [G] eye.
[Am] Shoot his horse, the eight day lay wasp and [F] his 27 bride.
Tonight [C] we ride boys, tonight we ride.
_ _ We rode for three long years to Black Jack Pershing, called it quits.
When Jackie wasn't looking, I [G] stole his fine spade bit.
[Am] He was tied upon a stallion, boys, I [F] rode away on it.
[C] To the wild Sonoran desert, [G] so dry you couldn't spit.
Tonight we [Am] ride, _ you [Em] bastards dare. _ _
[F] We'll hunt the wild [C] Apache for the bounty on his [G] hair.
Then we'll [Am] ride into Durango, climb [F] up the whorehouse stairs.
Tonight we [C] ride, [F] boy, tonight [C] we ride.
Guitar! _ _
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When I'm too damn old to sit a [F] horse, I'll steal the warden's [C] car.
Break my ass out of this prison, leave my teeth there [G] in a jar.
[Am] You don't need no teeth for kissing [F] girls or smoking cheap cigars.
[C] I'll sleep with one eye open, [G] thank God celestial stars.
Tonight [Am] we ride, _ _ tonight we [Em] ride.
_ _ _ [F] We'll rob the [C] warehouse liquor stores for the rape of [G] Sata Gold.
Hey, if we drink [Am] ourselves to death, ain't [F] that the cowboy way to go?
[C] Tonight we ride, [F] boys, tonight [C] we ride.
_ Tonight [Am] we fly _ with the [Em] rest _ to [F]
the deserts [C] and the ocean where the eagle [G] makes his nest.
If [Am] our phones rot on the desert, [F] we'll consider we are blessed.
Tonight [C] we ride, [F] boys, tonight we ride.
[C] Guitar!
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_ _ [F] _ _ Tonight we ride, boys, tonight [C] we ride. _ _ _
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