Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Tuning: Drop-D
[Verse]
D
I was born out west a ways
C
Beneath a cloudy sky
G
My momma called me Lightning
G C D
She saw rain clouds in my eyes
D
My daddy called me in one day
C
When I was very young
G
Said come and sit beside me boy
G C D
Listen here my son
[Verse]
D
When I was just your age he said
C
My daddy done me wrong
G
And now it's been twenty years
G C D
Ain't seen him in so long
D
I remember me the day he left
C
That man he seemed so tall
G
His words echoed in my head like
G C D
Gunshots off a canyon wall
[Chorus]
C
My daddy was a desperado
D
Left me footprints hard to follow
C D
There's some sins son that you just can't atone
C
The right path ain't the easiest
G
So you best be right with Jesus
C G A
And it's every cowboy's right to roam
C G
So you take this gun my only son
D
And you'll never be alone
[Verse]
D
That day my daddy promised
C
That he would do his best
G
Took granddaddy's gun and locked it
G C D
In a wooden chest
D
As the years they passed on by
C
He taught me to shoot and ride
G
My momma she always called me
G C D
Apple of my daddy's eye
[Verse]
D
I thought things'd just go on
C
Until that fateful letter came
G
With a sad smile something seemed to dawn
G C D
His face didn't seem the same
D
Looked like he was in disguise
C
Saw the hardness of his lips
G
But all I saw through teary eyes
G C D
Were the big irons on his hips
[Bridge]
C D
With that he just left like his daddy did
C A
And I never did find out just what that letter said...
[Chorus]
C
My daddy was a desperado
D
Left me footprints hard to follow
C D
There's some sins son that you just can't atone
C
The right path ain't the easiest
G
So you best be right with Jesus
C G A
And it's every cowboy's right to roam
C G
So you take this gun my only son
D
And you'll never be alone
[Verse]
D
And never sight nor sound
C
Of him had momma heard
G
She watched for him in plains
G C D
As empty as his word
D
Years passed by I stopped searching
C
For his silhouette in the sun
G
I met a gal and got married
G C D
And then we had us one
[Verse]
D
He was a child as perfect
C
As God's bluest sky
G
With golden hair across his brow
G C D
And his mommas eyes
D
Time seemed to stand still
C
I thought things couldnt be better
G
But that was just until
G C D
The postman brought the letter
[Chorus]
C
Your daddy is a desperado
D
I left you footprints hard to follow
C D
There's some sins son that I just can't atone
C
The right path ain't the easiest
G
And I ain't quite right with Jesus
C G A
I'm in trouble now and so, so far from home
C G
Won't you bring your gun my only son
D
Your daddy's all alone
[Verse]
D
A good long while I read that letter
C
I opened daddy's wooden chest
G
The words I read were bitter
G C D
I grabbed the gun and headed west
D
A few miles out I surely found
C
What I was looking for
G
An empty grave that I had dug
G C D
So many years before
[Verse]
D
A headstone all by itself
C
Out in this barren place
G
"Here lies just a desperado"
G C D
Carved in stone upon its face
D
I tossed that gun into the ground
C
And rode without a word
G
I knew that it would not be found
G C D
Before the stone was blurred
[Verse]
D
Went right home hugged my wife
C
Beneath a cloudy sky
G
A lightning bolt split the night
G C D
A sign I can't deny
D
I called my son in that day
C
When he was very young
G
I said come here sit beside me boy
G C D
Listen here my son
[Chorus]
C
My daddy was a desperado
D
Left me footprints hard to follow
C D
There's some sins son that you just can't atone
C
The right path ain't the easiest
G
So you best be right with Jesus
C G A
And it's every cowboy's right to roam
C G
That ain't me son, I'm surely done
D
But you'll never be alone
[Outro]
C G
That ain't me son, I'm surely done
D
And you'll never be alone
[Verse]
D
I was born out west a ways
C
Beneath a cloudy sky
G
My momma called me Lightning
G C D
She saw rain clouds in my eyes
D
My daddy called me in one day
C
When I was very young
G
Said come and sit beside me boy
G C D
Listen here my son
[Verse]
D
When I was just your age he said
C
My daddy done me wrong
G
And now it's been twenty years
G C D
Ain't seen him in so long
D
I remember me the day he left
C
That man he seemed so tall
G
His words echoed in my head like
G C D
Gunshots off a canyon wall
[Chorus]
C
My daddy was a desperado
D
Left me footprints hard to follow
C D
There's some sins son that you just can't atone
C
The right path ain't the easiest
G
So you best be right with Jesus
C G A
And it's every cowboy's right to roam
C G
So you take this gun my only son
D
And you'll never be alone
[Verse]
D
That day my daddy promised
C
That he would do his best
G
Took granddaddy's gun and locked it
G C D
In a wooden chest
D
As the years they passed on by
C
He taught me to shoot and ride
G
My momma she always called me
G C D
Apple of my daddy's eye
[Verse]
D
I thought things'd just go on
C
Until that fateful letter came
G
With a sad smile something seemed to dawn
G C D
His face didn't seem the same
D
Looked like he was in disguise
C
Saw the hardness of his lips
G
But all I saw through teary eyes
G C D
Were the big irons on his hips
[Bridge]
C D
With that he just left like his daddy did
C A
And I never did find out just what that letter said...
[Chorus]
C
My daddy was a desperado
D
Left me footprints hard to follow
C D
There's some sins son that you just can't atone
C
The right path ain't the easiest
G
So you best be right with Jesus
C G A
And it's every cowboy's right to roam
C G
So you take this gun my only son
D
And you'll never be alone
[Verse]
D
And never sight nor sound
C
Of him had momma heard
G
She watched for him in plains
G C D
As empty as his word
D
Years passed by I stopped searching
C
For his silhouette in the sun
G
I met a gal and got married
G C D
And then we had us one
[Verse]
D
He was a child as perfect
C
As God's bluest sky
G
With golden hair across his brow
G C D
And his mommas eyes
D
Time seemed to stand still
C
I thought things couldnt be better
G
But that was just until
G C D
The postman brought the letter
[Chorus]
C
Your daddy is a desperado
D
I left you footprints hard to follow
C D
There's some sins son that I just can't atone
C
The right path ain't the easiest
G
And I ain't quite right with Jesus
C G A
I'm in trouble now and so, so far from home
C G
Won't you bring your gun my only son
D
Your daddy's all alone
[Verse]
D
A good long while I read that letter
C
I opened daddy's wooden chest
G
The words I read were bitter
G C D
I grabbed the gun and headed west
D
A few miles out I surely found
C
What I was looking for
G
An empty grave that I had dug
G C D
So many years before
[Verse]
D
A headstone all by itself
C
Out in this barren place
G
"Here lies just a desperado"
G C D
Carved in stone upon its face
D
I tossed that gun into the ground
C
And rode without a word
G
I knew that it would not be found
G C D
Before the stone was blurred
[Verse]
D
Went right home hugged my wife
C
Beneath a cloudy sky
G
A lightning bolt split the night
G C D
A sign I can't deny
D
I called my son in that day
C
When he was very young
G
I said come here sit beside me boy
G C D
Listen here my son
[Chorus]
C
My daddy was a desperado
D
Left me footprints hard to follow
C D
There's some sins son that you just can't atone
C
The right path ain't the easiest
G
So you best be right with Jesus
C G A
And it's every cowboy's right to roam
C G
That ain't me son, I'm surely done
D
But you'll never be alone
[Outro]
C G
That ain't me son, I'm surely done
D
And you'll never be alone
