Ballad of Dan Toe Intro: Em-D-C-B--D G Em Come all you cowboys and hear what I say F C F G The legend of Dan Toe still lives today G C When I was a boy, I rode with a man G F G ...and I still can remember what happened to Dan. He knew the frontier from the east to the west Wore a lone star of silver, proud on his chest He wrestled a cyclone or so I am told He proved he was brave in those days of old (?) When the rivers of Texas grew dangerously high We kept Dan a laugin for fear he would die And his tears would surely flow To the gulf of Mexico CHORUS: D C G With a Navajo rug and a quart in his jug he would sing C G I remember it well D C G A teacher of lessons his black Smith and Wesson would ring B Like a bell C G At night he would dance the fandango C G On the mesas outside of durango C The women would holler G And throw down a dollar B to drink from his well. Jam Dan told us stories before we'd retire And spirits would dance round the flames of the fire He told us of rednecks no long to have known No long will those flickering campfires glown Dan had a sweeheart who fear for his life When a rattlesnake came between her and a knife Dan Toe snuck up from behind her And Danny took the bite from that ol' sidewinder C Am As the light of last sun faded from his eyes Em D She kept Dan a laughin for fear he would die G And his tears would surely flow F G To the Gulf of Mexico CHORUS Jam Dan's dead and gone and I'm growing old And I never could save that silver and gold But I still have my fiddle and I still have my bow And I make myself (something) where ever I go CHORUS Jam->End taken from www.thebigwu.net