G5 E5 It was dark and I was driving down a lonely Texas road C5 D5 E5 the night was hot and sleep pulled at my eyes G5 E5 I was thinking bout the wild times and the women that I'd had C5 D5 E5 The deceitful things I'd done and those lies G5 D5 When standin' in the shadows at the side of the road C5 E5 Stood the figure of a withered old man G5 D5 He wore a black bandana a ropin' stetson hat C5 E5 With a two inch scarlet hat band G5 E5 He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut 'er down C5 D5 E5 So I pulled over and stopped at his side G5 E5 He opened up the door slid in and sat down C5 D5 E5 and said my ain't it hot tonight G5 D5 I studied this old man and it seemed mighty strange C5 E5 for him to be out here all alone G5 D5 and then he started talking and he told me many things C5 E5 of times that both of us had known G5 E5 He told me of the wild life and the women that he'd known C5 D5 E5 How none of them had ever meant a thing G5 E5 He told me of a black night much the same as this C5 D5 E5 of the strange and awesome things he'd seen G5 D5 A man beside the road had raised his hand C5 E5 and flagged him down So he stopped and let him in G5 D5 That stranger told him stories that I am hearing now C5 E5 Bout the wild times and all the sin G5 E5 And the car got cold and clamy and this old man looked at me C5 D5 E5 He said boy I've come here for you G5 E5 Your days of wicked sinnin' have come to an end C5 D5 E5 As a mortal on this earth you are through G5 D5 Then his eyes got red and firey as he took his stetson off C5 E5 To reveal his evil horns shiney and black G5 D5 My god the fear came o'er and my senses were all lost C5 E5 I fought with him until we finally crashed G5 E5 Next day they found the car at the bottom of the draw C5 D5 E5 The young cowboy was found beside the wreck G5 The car had been consumed by fire E5 but the cowboy had no marks C5 D5 E5 Except the smokin' pitchfork brand upon his neck
