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   A                      Bm
My name is Del Gato, born close to the border
   D                           A
Of white blood and red blood I came
                       Bm
I travel the saddle, I follow the cattle
D                            A
Down on the range where they graze

      E                   D                 A
And I just ride in from a hard southwestern drive
   E                           D                            A
My lips parched and bloody, my face torn by sand storms and pride

A                    Bm
Royalties riches and inter-bred bitches
        D                      A
Was the brew that I drank as a child
                           Bm
So rebellious a lover, Don Juan as my cover
     D                           A
They die-cast my type, called me wild

      E                   D                 A
And I just ride in from a hard southwestern drive
    E               D                   A
The hanging tree is waiting for me to arrive

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A                        Bm
Structured political our children they ridicule
D                              A
They teach them of sins and to lie
                                     Bm
Their schools built by fools, but by breaking their rules
       D                      A
Like a fox I am forced now to hide

      E                   D                 A
And I just ride in from a hard southwestern drive
   E                           D                            A
My lips parched and bloody, my face torn by sand storms and pride

    A                          Bm
The peppertree spreads, taking many men's heads
        D                           A
But the one they would want most is mine
                            Bm
To the mission I go, in San Juan I kneel
      D                       A
And I pray for the love of my life

      E                   D                 A
And I just ride in from a hard southwestern drive
    E               D                   A
The hanging tree is waiting for me to arrive

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