Black Baldy Stallion – Robert Earl Keen



Em                              D
Slidin' down the canyon on the Black Baldy Stallion
              C
Through the rocks and the ridges of the cold dark night
Em                               D
Shinin' like a diamond from the belt of Orion
   Am                    C
Is it your imagination, is the end in sight?
Em                                   D
From the top of the mountain to the edge of the water
     A                         C                      Em              
You can hear her singin' softly so you spring to the order  
        D                                         A
Of the song she was singin' the first time you saw her
   C                                          G
The years melt away as you ride toward the border.


Chorus
           F#m            Am         C        G
Such a long, long way to ride
D                          E      C    G
Just to hear her say your name
D                         Am   D   C   D   C
When you reach the other side 
D               G
You won't leave her again.

Em                                 D
It's a resonating wonder how you've never knuckled under
Am               Em                    C
To the Elders of the village on that early Easter mornin'
Em                            D
Cause you never broke your promises and bonding her is all
    A
there is
Em                       C               G
Ridin' through the river in the fiery dawnin'.


Chorus
D                         Am
Such a long, long way to ride
D                    Am    C    G
Just to hear her say your name
D                         Am   C    C
When you reach the other side
   D                 G
You won't leave her again.


(Guitar solo)   D   Am  C   G   D   Am   C  D  G  D   Am    C  D  C  D  G


Em                          D
Sittin' in the cafe on the corner of the plaza
Am                        C
She's openin' the letter you could not deliver
Em                           D
As the Black Baldy Stallion riderlessly passes
Am                                           G
Gleamin' in the sun drippin' water from the river


D                         Am
Such a long, long way to ride
D                    Am   C    G
Just to hear her say your name
D                        Am   C 
When you reach the other side
D                     G
You won't leave her again.
    D                   Am    C    G
... a long, long way to ride
    D                     A   D    G
Just to hear her say your name
  D                       Am    C    C
When you reach the other side
D                    G      Em
You won't leave her again.

D                    G    Em
You won't leave her again.