Artist: Ben Nichols / Lucero Song: Toadvine Album: The Last Pale Light in the West Tuning: Standard Note: "[lyrics]" are sung on the CD but not in the printed lyrics INTRO: F Am Em F C F C C VERSE 1: F Am Em F [I] rode myself into the ground, hell it?s almost over now, C F C C I don?t see nothing but the light F Am Em F Darkness filled my days, the rising sun has shown the way, [and] C F C C I Don?t see nothing but the light Dm F The preacher?s lesson, is simply Armageddon, C G The devil, he knows how to ride Dm F A killer of men, and no way to save them, C G Hell now we all have to die F F CHORUS: F G You wouldn?t think that out here, a man could simply run clear Am Bb F Bb F Out of country but, oh my... oh my, [Oh my... oh my] C F C C Nothing but the light INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: F Am Em F C F C C VERSE 2: F Am Em F They took my ears in Omaha, thought me dead but I weren?t all [and I] C F C C Left them bleeding in the mud F Am Em F Branded me for horse thievery, between my eyes for all to see [and I] C F C C Left them bleeding in the mud Dm F When this world was made, [it] was never meant to save C G Everyone in kind Dm F And I don?t believe, God much had me C G Had me much in mind F F CHORUS REPEAT: INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: F G Am Bb F Bb F C F C C ABRIDGED VERSE 3: Dm F So tell me barkeep, What is there to drink C G With just minimal risk Dm F Of blindness or death, it all tastes of ashes C G Seems that?s all we ever get, F F It's all we ever get REPEAT CHORUS AS FINALE: --crookedpath