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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:23 pm
  

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South Coast Lillian Bos Ross, Sam Eskin, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller

Capo 3rd fret

(Em) (G) (Am) (C) (Em) (B7) (Em)
My name is Lon(C6)hano de (Em)Castro,
My (C)father was a (B7)Spanish Gran(Em)dee
But (C6)I won my (B7)wife in a (Am)card game,
To hell with those (C6)lords o'er the (Em)sea

Well, the South Coast is a (C6)wild coast and (Em)lonely,
You might (Am)win in a (C)game at Cho(B7)lon, (C) (B7)
But a (Em)lion still (B7)rules the Bar(Em)ranca, (C)
And a (Am)man there is (B7)always a(Em)lone.

I played in a (C6)card game at (Em)Cholon,
I (C)played there with an (B7)outlaw named (Em)Juan,
And (C6)after I'd (B7)taken his (Am)money,
I staked all against (C6)his daughter, (Em)Dawn.

I picked up the (C6)ace, l had (Em)won her.
My (C)heart, it was (B7)down at my (Em)feet,
Jumped (C6)up to my (B7)throat in a (Am)hurry,
Like a young summer's (C6)day, she was (Em)sweet.

He opened the (C6)door to the (Em)kitchen,
And he (C)called the girl (B7)out with a (Em)curse,
Saying, (C6)"Take her, god(B7)damn her, you've (Am)won her,
She's yours now for (C6)better or (Em)worse."

Her arms had to (C6)tighten a(Em)round me
As we (C)rode down the (B7)hills to the (Em)south,
Not a (C6)word did I (B7)hear from her (Am)that day,
Nor a kiss from her (C6)pretty young (Em)mouth.

But that was a (C6)gay happy (Em)winter,
We (C)carved on a (B7)cradle of (Em)pine
By the (C)fire in that (B7)neat little (Am)cabin,
And I sang with that (C6)gay wife of (Em)mine.

But the South Coast is a (C6)wild coast and (Em)lonely,
You might (Am)win in a (C)game at Cho(B7)lon, (C) (B7)
But a (Em)lion still (B7)rules the Bar(Em)ranca, (C)
And a (Am)man there is (B7)always a(Em)lone.

That night I got (C6)hurt in a (Em)landslide,
Crushed (C)hip and (B7)twice broken (Em)bone.
She (C)saddled her (B7)pony like (Am)lightning
And rode off for the (C6)doctor inCho(Em)lon.

The lion screamed (C6)in the Bar(Em)ranca,
Buck, he (C)bolted and he (B7)fell on his (Em)side.
My (C)young wife lay (B7)dead in the (Am)moonlight,
My heart died that (C6)night with my (Em)bride.

The South Coast is a (C6)wild coast and (Em)lonely,
You might (Am)win in a (C)game at Cho(B7)lon, (C) (B7)
But a (Em)lion still (B7)rules the Bar(Em)ranca, (C)
And a (Am)man there is (B7)always a(Em)lone. (G) (Am) (C) (Em) (B7) (Em)

© Lillian Bos Ross, Sam Eskin, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller

This is the way I play it, mainly Arlo Guthrie´s version

janhauenstein@gmx.de www.janhauenstein.com


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