#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# #This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation # #of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or # #research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or some other monospaced # #font. See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information. # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: "Jim and Donna Lawrence" Subject: t/tyson_ian/claude_dallas.crd Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:57:42 -0400 Song: Claude Dallas Sung by: Ian Tyson CD: Cowboyography Written by: Ian Tyson/Tom Russell Transcribed by: M. Lawrence Capo 2nd Fret Intro: Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) G1.In (320003@1)a land the Spanish once had called the Northern Mystery Dm (xx0231@1) FWhere (133211@1)rivers run and disappear And the Mustang still lives free Am (x02210@1) GBy (320003@1)the Devil?s wash and the coyote hole In the wild Owyee Range Dm (xx0231@1) FAm Somewhere in the sage tonight The wind calls out his name Aye Aye Aye G2.Come (320003@1)gather round me buckaroos And a story I will tell Dm (xx0231@1) Am?Bout (x02210@1)the fugitive Claude Dallas Who just broke out of jail GYou (320003@1)might think this tale is history From before the West was won Dm (xx0231@1) AmBut (x02210@1)the events that I?ll describe took place in 1981 G3. (320003@1)He was born out in Virginia Left home when school was through Dm (xx0231@1) AmIn (x02210@1)the deserts of Nevada He became a buckaroo GHe (320003@1)learned the ways of cattle He learned to sit a horse Dm (xx0231@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)he always packed a pistol And he practiced deadly force Chorus 1: C (x32010@1) GThen (320003@1)Claude he became a trapper He dreamed of the bygone days Dm (xx0231@1) FHe (133211@1)studied bobcat logic In the wild and silent ways C (x32010@1) GIn (320003@1)the bloody runs near paradise In the monitors down south Dm (xx0231@1) FAm Trapping cats and coyotes Living hand and mouth Aye Aye Aye 4. Then Claude took to living all alone Out many miles from town A friend Jim Stevens brought supplies And he stayed to hang around That day two wardens Pogue and Elms Drove in to check Claude out They were seeking violations And to see what Claude?s about 5. Now Claude he had hung some venison He had a bobcat pelt or two Pogue claimed they were out of season He says, ?Dallas you?re all through? But Dallas would not leave his camp He refused to go to town As the wind howled through the bull camp They stared each other down Chorus 2. It?s hard to say what happened next Perhaps we?ll never know They were going to take Claude into jail And he?d vowed he?d never go Jim Stevens heard the gunfire And when he turned around Bill Pogue was fallin? backwards Conley Elms he fell face down Aye Aye Aye 6. Jim Stevens walked on over There was a gun near Bill Pogue?s hand It?s hard to say who?d drawn his first But Claude had made his stand Claude said, ?I?m justified Jim? They were going to cut me down? A man?s got a right to hang some meat When he?s livin? this far from town? 7. It took 18 men and 15 months To finally run Claude down In the sage outside paradise They drove him to the ground Convicted up in Idaho Manslaughter by decree Thirty years at maximum But soon Claude would break free Chorus 3. There?s two sides to this story There may be no right or wrong There may be no right or wrong The lawmen and the renegade Have graced a thousand songs So the story is an old one Conclusion?s hard to draw But Claude?s out in the sage tonight He may be the last outlaw Aye Aye Aye Repeat 1st verse