Am 
THE WIND WAS HOT AND THE SUN WAS HARD 
C 
I WAS BEAT AND MY MARE WAS TIRED 
G                                         Am 
AND THE FENCE LINE I WAS RIDING STRETCHED FOREVER 

MY MIND DRIFTED OFF AND BACK 

TO CARMELLA AND HER HEART OF BLACK 

AND THE THINGS THAT SHE?D SAID TO ME YESTERDAY 

SO WHEN THE BOSS SENT ME OUT CHECKING FENCES 

I WAS GLAD CAUSE I KNEW THAT IT MEANT 

THAT I COULD SPEND SOME TIME OUT ALL ALONE 
 
I WIPED THE SWEAT THAT STUNG MY EYES 

LOOKED UP AND I REALIZED 

THAT I WAS COMING UP ON THE SOUTH WINDMILL 

THE CONCRETE TANK STOOD THERE BESIDE 

THE WATER TROUGH THAT IT SUPPLIED 

WHEN THE TROUGH WAS FULL THE MILL COULD KEEP ON 

PUMPING & PUMPING & PUMPING & PUMPING 

SO WE DRANK DEEP FROM THE SHALLOW TROUGH 

AND WETTING MY HAIR GAVE ME A THOUGHT 

THAT A SWIM IN THAT BIG TANK MIGHT COOL ME DOWN 
 

Bm 
SO I SHUCKED MY DUDS AND HUNG ?EM ON THE FENCE 
D 
CLIMBED THE WIRES TO REACH THE RIM 
A                                  Bm 
PULLED MYSELF ON UP AND JUMPED RIGHT IN 

THE WATER WAS COOL DOWN UNDERNEATH 

BUT DEEPER THAN I THOUGHT IT?D BE 

THERE WAS NO LADDER AND THE WALLS WERE SLICK WITH MOSS 

SURE ENOUGH I GOT COOLED DOWN 

WHEN I FOUND I HAD NO WAY OUT 

AND THE THOUGHT OF A RAT IN A FEED BIN CHILLED MY BLOOD 
 
WELL, AT FIRST I LAUGHED AT THE FIX I WAS IN 

THEN MY TROUBLES ALL SANK IN 

WITHOUT SOME HELP I WAS THERE TO STAY 

I SCREAMED AND CLAWED TO NO AVAIL 

TILL DIGNITY AND VOICE HAD FAILED 

I WORE MY FINGERS DOWN ON THOSE DAMNED WALLS 

I MARKED THE TIME WITH THE WINDMILL?S SHADE 

PASSING CROSS MY MOSSY GRAVE 

AND THE COWS COMING TO WATER TWICE A DAY 
 

C#m 
I ALWAYS FIGURED LIGHTNING STRIKE 
E 
OR RATTLESNAKE OR BARROOM FIGHT 
B                                C#m 
WOULD DO ME IN, NOT SOME MEXICAN ROSE 

THE FACT IS I WAS HOT AND DUMB 

STRUCK STUPID BY THE SUN AND LOVE 
 
SO ON ONE HAND I GUESS SHE?D PLAYED HER PART 

THOUGH ALL THAT TIME I CUSSED HER LOTS 

BUT I CUSSED MYSELF THE MOST BECAUSE 

I HAD NOT LOOKED BEFORE I LEAPT 
 

C#m 
NOW OVERHEAD AN EAGLE SOARS 
E 
AND I SMELL RAIN COMING FROM THE NORTH 
B                                C#m 
I WONDER IF SHE?LL EVEN SHED ONE TEAR 
C#m      B         C#m 
JUST ONE TEAR OVER ME 
C#m      E         B        C#m 
JUST ONE TEAR OVER ME, OVER ME 
 
 
(There are fills/walkdowns at the intro and  
between the verses when it changes  
to different chords. I'm not tabbing them... 
you're on your own there.)