My Best Friend
Capo 2

Intro:  G Am C G (play twice)

Chorus:
          G             Am            C            G
There’s a high lonesome valley in the hills of New Mexico
    G          Am                 C        G    
Surrounded by lava beds where the San Juan River flows
     D             C                  G               C 
Underneath a giant blackjack oak with green grass all around,
         (C)        G           D                  G
Lies the body of my best friend buried beneath the ground


Verses:
   G               Am             C                  G
We made a perfect team gathering strays or catching cows
(G)       Am              C                     G
Oh how I love him, and I wish he could be here now
D             C                  G                      C 
His name was Stony James; I can feel his spirit in the wind
           (C)       G           D            G
There can never be a replacement for my best friend
     G                    Am          C               G
One day we were checkin’ cattle just movin’ nice and slow
        G                     Am          C               G
When a lightning bolt from a thunderhead set the range a glow
     D                   C          G             C 
Our only chance was the river still twelve miles away
     (C)               G           D                G
I can still smell the sage burning on that dreadful day
    G                  Am        C           G
We made it across the river with no time to spare
     G             Am            C        G
Poor Stony he was shakin’ and gasping for air
      D                C              G               C 
So I pulled my saddle from his back I knew without a doubt
    (C)               G                    D                  G
The big bay horse had run too far and his lungs had just give out
   D                C             G             C 
I sat and cried for hours asking God how can it be
(C)           G                  D                G
I had such a good friend; Stony gave his life for me

Repeat Chorus 	 

Outro:  D C G C C G D G