G It was dark and I was driving down a Em lonely Texas road
the C night was hot and D sleep pulled at my Em eyes
I was G thinking bout the wild tim Em es and the women that I'd had
The de C ceitful things I'd D done and those Em lies
When G standin' in the shadows at the D side of the road
Stood the C figure of a withered old Em man
He G wore a black bandana a D ropin' stetson hat
With a C two inch scarlet hat Em band
He G held his wrinkled hand up as a Em sign to shut 'er down
So I C pulled over and D stopped at his Em side
He G opened up the door slid Em in and sat down
and said C my D ain't it hot to Em night
I G studied this old man and it D seemed mighty strange
for C him to be out here all a Em lone
and G then he started talking and he D told me many things
of C times that both of us had Em known
He G told me of the wild life and the Em women that he'd known
How C none of them had D ever meant a Em thing
He G told me of a black night Em much the same as this
of the C strange and D awesome things he'd Em seen
G A man beside the road had raised hi D s hand
and flagged him down So he C stopped and let him Em in
That G stranger told him stories that D I am hearing now
Bout the C wild times and all the Em sin
And the G car got cold and clamy and this Em old man looked at me
He said C boy I've D come here for Em you
Your G days of wicked sinnin' have Em come to an end
As a C mortal on this D earth you are Em through
Then his G eyes got red and firey as he D took his stetson off
To re C veal his evil horns shiney and Em black
My G god the fear came o'er and my D senses were all lost
I C fought with him until we finally Em crashed
Next G day they found the car at the Em bottom of the draw
The young C cowboy was D found beside the Em wreck
The G car had been consumed by fire
but the cowboy had no Em marks
Except the C smokin' pitchfork D brand upon his Em neck
Chris LeDoux
