The Bandit Joaquin

Am Am F From the broken hills of Mexico G Am We took the horses we stole Am F To Sonora and the California mines G Am Where you gringos dig for gold F Am Even north to the Oregon line F Am The story is the same F C Bm All your women they tremble in fear F E At the meantion of my name Am F I rob a miner on the Coulterville Road G Am I leave his blood on the ground Am F Like a mist through oak and digger pine G Am I move without a sound F Am Your finest horses belong to me F Am I take them as I please F C Am I line my pockets with your gold F E And I'm gone with the midnight breeze Am I am the bandit Joaquin E I live in the wild with the bear and wolverine F Am Over hill and valley I fly as in a dream F E I am the ghost I am the fox Am I am the bandit Joaquin Am F There is no use to wonder why G Am My reasons are my own Am F The hatred I feel for the Anglo blood G Am Lies deep within my bones F Am My segundo is Three Fingered Jack F Am He cuts off the Chinaman's ears F C Am And wears them like a necklace around his throat F E He's a man who knows no fear Am F The fools up there who make your laws G Am They are lawyers, they are thieves Am F They want a devil that they can blame G Am And Joaquin is what they need F Am So I'm the ghost of El Dorado F Am But the blame is on their heads F C Am At night when hoofbeats shake the ground F E They tremble in their beds Am I am the bandit Joaquin E I live in the wild with the bear and wolverine F Am Over hill and valley I fly as in a dream F E I am the ghost I am the fox Am I am the bandit Joaquin F Am Captin Love and his ranger band F Am They said they took my head F C Am The fools rode into a strangers camp F E And the left the wrong man dead F Am Others say I never was F Am I am a dream of what could be F C Am But even if I had never lived F E You would have invented me Am I am the bandit Joaquin E I live in the wild with the bear and wolverine F Am Over hill and valley I fly as in a dream F E I am the ghost I am the fox Am I am the bandit Joaquin F E I am the ghost I am the fox Am I am the bandit Joaquin F E I am the ghost I am the fox Am I am the bandit Joaquin Am Joaquin