The Goodnight-Loving

E Esus4 E 2x E A E Ridin' against the wind in East New Mexi-co B His skin is dry and worn as the Texas plains E A E He's headed where the air is thin and the cold blue northers blow B D Up through the Raton Pass but he'll have to beat the early snow once E A E The winter of '64 was a great many years a-go B When a young man went away for the rebel cause E A E And he was branded by the war and the only life he'd know B D Was lookin' over his shoulder saddle bound and layin' low D E Now there's a man on the goodnight-loving D A E Like too many other men out on the trail D E Who found the hard way when the pushing comes to shoving D A E He'd go six feet under before he'd go to jail Bass ,Backing chords E D E D A E Lead Guitar, Backing chords D E D A E E A E Now there's a place just north of here where they say the outlaws go B Where a man can leave his name and past behind E A E And every now and then you'll hear, he's gone the way of the buffa-lo B D And that he fin'ly made the pass but he didn't beat the early snow D A E He'd go six feet under before he'd go to jail Repeat Bass solo