chord progression: 
C Em F C 

C Am F C 

C Em F C 

C Am F G C 

C                  Em     F                    C 
He wore a six-shot pistol strapped against his side 
C                 Am       F              G
A black full-bred stallion took him for a ride 
C                         Em      F                         C
Across the creeks and the canyons of the southwest frontier land 
C                 Am      F     G      C
Jose, the Mexican outlaw, was a wanted man 
C              Em             F                     C
He shot many a stranger as he traveled from town to town 
C                     Am      F                    G
And killed all of the Rangers who ever tracked him down 
C                 Em          F                   C
The wild-eyed bandito was the leader of an outlaw band 
C                               Am       F        G   C
That robbed the ranches and the railways near the Rio Grande 
C                Em       F                 C
One sultry Texas evening, he climbed upon a train 
C              Am   F              G
Northeast of Laredo in the pourin' rain 
C               Em  F                 C
With a gray bandana flush against his face 
C                     Am   F          G         C
He met a blonde Texas lady dressed in satin and lace 
C           Em     F                     C
This lovely maiden caught the stranger's eyes 
C                 Am             F                G
So he grabbed her by the arm and took her for him prize 
C                      Em                 F              C
There's nothin' like a blue-eyed girl and even an outlaw knows 
C                      Am                  F       G      C
That you can leave her far behind, but the feelin' always grows 
C            Em                      F               C
If you don't make her you own at the moment that you can 
C                  Am      F              G
She'll belong to a wealthy smooth talkin' man 
C              Em          F               C
So he took her by his side with the outlaw band 
C                  Am         F        G   C
And she rode close beside him near the Rio Grande 
C                            Em                  F          C
'Cause the Rio Grande is the kind of place where outaws get away 
C                    Am            F               G
Stolen treasure is a way of life until their dyin' day 
C                             Em                            F              C
They find their thrill in the things they steal and they're always on ther run 
C                     Am         F        G        C
And if they win their lady, they ride off into the sun 
C                  Em     F                    C
He wore a six-shot pistol strapped against his side 
C                 Am       F              G
A black full-bred stallion took him for a ride 
C                         Em             F                  C
Across the creeks and the canyons of the southwest frontier land 
C                 Am      F     G      C
Jose, the Mexican outlaw, was a wanted man