Claude Dallas
Tom Russell
Am
(início)
Dm Am
Verse 1
G In a land the Spanish once had called the Northern Mystery D F Where rivers run and disappear and the mustang still lives free C G By the Devil’s wash and the coyote hole in the wild Owyhee Range D F Somewhere in the sage tonight, the wind calls out his name Am Ay-yi-yi
Verse 2
G Come gather round me buckaroos, a story I will tell Em7 Am Of the fugitive Claude Dallas, who just broke out of jail G You may think this tale is a history, from before the West was won Em7 Am But the events that I’ll describe took place in nineteen eighty-one
Verse 3
G He was born out in Virginia, left home when school was through Em7 Am In the deserts of Nevada, he became a buckaroo G He learned the ways of cattle, he learned to sit a horse Em7 Am He always packed a pistol and he practiced deadly force
Verse 4
C G And then Claude became a trapper and he dreamt of the bygone days D F And he studied bobcat logic and the wild and silent ways C G In the bloody runs near Paradise and the monitors down south D F Trapping cats and coytes and living hand to mouth Am Ay-yi-yi
Verse 5
G Then Claude took to living all alone, out many miles from town Em7 Am A friend, Jim Stevens, brought supplies and he stayed to hang around G That day two wardens, Pogue and Elms, drove in to check Claude out Em7 Am They were seeking violations and to see what Claude's about
Verse 6
G Now Claude had hung some venison, he had a bobcat pelt or two Em7 Am Pogue claimed they were out of season, he said, "Dallas, you're all through" G But Dallas would not leave his camp, he refused to go to town Em7 Am As the wind howled through the bull-camp they stared each other down
Verse 7
C G It's hard to say what happened next, perhaps we'll never know D F They were gonna take Claude in to jail, and he vowed he'd never go C G Jim Stevens heard the gunshot and when he turned around D F Bill Pogue was falling backwards, Conley Elms, he fell face down Am Ay-yi-yi
Instrumental
Am G Em7 Am G Am G Em7 Am Em7 Am
Verse 8
G Jim Stevens walked on over, there was a gun near Bill Pogue's hand Em7 Am It's hard to say who'd drawn his first, but Claude had made his stand G Claude said, "I'm justified Jim, they were gonna gun me down Em7 Am And a man's got a right to hang some meat when he's living this far from town"
Verse 9
G It took eighteen men and fifteen months to finally hunt Claude down Em7 Am In the sage outside of Paradise, they ran him to the ground G Em Convicted up in Idaho, manslaughter by decree Am Twenty years in maximum, but soon Claude would break free
Verse 10
C G There's two sides two the story, there may be no right or wrong D F The lawman and the renegade have graced a thousand songs C G The story is an old one, a conclusion's hard to draw D F But Claude's out in the sage tonight, he may be the last outlaw Am Ay-yi-yi
Verse 11
G In a land the Spanish once had called the Northern Mystery D F Where rivers run and disappear and the mustang still lives free C G By the Devil’s wash and the coyote hole in the wild Owyhee Range D F Somewhere in the sage tonight, the wind calls out his name Am Ay-yi-yi
Cifra adaptada de fontes públicas. Direitos da composição pertencem aos autores e gravadoras originais. Esta página é parte do projeto educacional Mania de Músico.
Clube das Cordas
Aprenda a música Claude Dallas e dezenas de outras com método.
Aulas passo a passo, professor acompanhando, comunidade ativa de quem toca de verdade.
Quero conhecer