[G]Born under a s[C]outh Kentucky [G]sky
[G]He'd come west to [C]Mexico to f[G]ight
[C]1842 at Mier
The g[G]utters filled with [E]blood and fear
[G]Barely made it b[D]ack to Texas a[G]live
With [G]Missouri Volun[C]teers when the war beg[G]an
In '4[G]6 they c[C]rossed the Rio G[G]rande
[C]There he met his dark-eyed love
But s[G]aid good bye when the [E]war was done
He [G]swore that he'd come [D]back for her a[G]gain
[C]Oh [E]oh novi[G]a
[C]Oh o[E]h your m[D]an is go[C]ne
[C]Maybe he's in Texas
But we'll t[G]ake what God has [E]left us
And we'll l[G]eave for Calif[D]ornia with the d[G]awn
[G]Worked his way back [C]to Old Mexi[G]co
To rec[G]laim the love he'd [C]left two years a[G]go
[C]Back to those same city walls
Where [G]he'd watched copper [E]cannonballs
Like w[G]ayward suns roll d[D]own the cobbles[G]tones
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They [G]put him in a pr[C]ison left al[G]one
With [G]other yankee [C]fools so far from h[G]ome
Par[C]ade them through the square in chains
'T[G]ill in rode Captain G[E]lanton's gang
A[G]pache scalps for b[D]ounties paid in [G]gold
[C]Oh [E]oh novi[G]a
[C]Oh o[E]h your m[D]an is go[C]ne
[C]Maybe he's in Texas
But we'll t[G]ake what God has l[E]eft us
And we'll l[G]eave for Calif[D]ornia with the d[G]awn
G[G]lanton's men were [C]killers all by [G]trade
And t[G]hrough the prison [C]bars a deal was m[G]ade
G[C]lanton needed three new men
He h[G]ired the lovelorn [E]veteran
The k[G]illers rode out t[D]hrough the governor's g[G]ates
The V[G]eteran left c[C]amp 'fore the rising [G]sun
No k[G]iller he'd left all their [C]work und[G]one
H[C]e was not yet two days out
When G[G]lanton's naked [E]native scouts
Brought [G]back his empty [D]horse and his brand new [G]gun
[C]Oh [E]oh novi[G]a
[C]Oh o[E]h your m[D]an is go[C]ne
[C]Maybe he's in Texas
But we'll t[G]ake what God has [E]left us
And we'll l[G]eave for Calif[D]ornia with the d[G]awn
[C]Oh [E]oh novi[G]a
[C]Oh o[E]h your m[D]an is go[C]ne
[C]Maybe he's in Texas
But we'll t[G]ake what God has [E]left us
And we'll l[G]eave for Calif[D]ornia with the d[G]awn
[G]He'd come west to [C]Mexico to f[G]ight
[C]1842 at Mier
The g[G]utters filled with [E]blood and fear
[G]Barely made it b[D]ack to Texas a[G]live
With [G]Missouri Volun[C]teers when the war beg[G]an
In '4[G]6 they c[C]rossed the Rio G[G]rande
[C]There he met his dark-eyed love
But s[G]aid good bye when the [E]war was done
He [G]swore that he'd come [D]back for her a[G]gain
[C]Oh [E]oh novi[G]a
[C]Oh o[E]h your m[D]an is go[C]ne
[C]Maybe he's in Texas
But we'll t[G]ake what God has [E]left us
And we'll l[G]eave for Calif[D]ornia with the d[G]awn
[G]Worked his way back [C]to Old Mexi[G]co
To rec[G]laim the love he'd [C]left two years a[G]go
[C]Back to those same city walls
Where [G]he'd watched copper [E]cannonballs
Like w[G]ayward suns roll d[D]own the cobbles[G]tones
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They [G]put him in a pr[C]ison left al[G]one
With [G]other yankee [C]fools so far from h[G]ome
Par[C]ade them through the square in chains
'T[G]ill in rode Captain G[E]lanton's gang
A[G]pache scalps for b[D]ounties paid in [G]gold
[C]Oh [E]oh novi[G]a
[C]Oh o[E]h your m[D]an is go[C]ne
[C]Maybe he's in Texas
But we'll t[G]ake what God has l[E]eft us
And we'll l[G]eave for Calif[D]ornia with the d[G]awn
G[G]lanton's men were [C]killers all by [G]trade
And t[G]hrough the prison [C]bars a deal was m[G]ade
G[C]lanton needed three new men
He h[G]ired the lovelorn [E]veteran
The k[G]illers rode out t[D]hrough the governor's g[G]ates
The V[G]eteran left c[C]amp 'fore the rising [G]sun
No k[G]iller he'd left all their [C]work und[G]one
H[C]e was not yet two days out
When G[G]lanton's naked [E]native scouts
Brought [G]back his empty [D]horse and his brand new [G]gun
[C]Oh [E]oh novi[G]a
[C]Oh o[E]h your m[D]an is go[C]ne
[C]Maybe he's in Texas
But we'll t[G]ake what God has [E]left us
And we'll l[G]eave for Calif[D]ornia with the d[G]awn
[C]Oh [E]oh novi[G]a
[C]Oh o[E]h your m[D]an is go[C]ne
[C]Maybe he's in Texas
But we'll t[G]ake what God has [E]left us
And we'll l[G]eave for Calif[D]ornia with the d[G]awn
