Spanish Johnny

D D E Those other years, the dusty years, we drove the big hearse through D E I tried to forget the miles we rode and Spanish Johnny too D E He'd sit beside a water ditch when all his herd was in D A E And he'd never harm a child, but sing to his mandolin D E The old talk, the old ways, and the dealing of our game D E But Spanish Johnny never spoke, but sang a song of Spain D E And his talk with men was vicious talk when he was drunk on gin D A E Ah, but those were golden things he said to his mandolin Guitar & Mandolin Solos D E D A B D E D A B D E Well, we had to stand, we tried to judge, we had to stop him then D E For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men D E He died a hard death long ago before the roads come in D A E And the night before he swung, he sung to his mandolin D E Well, we carried him out in the morning sun, a man that done no good D E And we lowered him down in the cold clay, stuck in a cross of wood D E And a letter he wrote to his kinfolk to tell them where he'd been D A E D And we shipped it out to Mexico along with his mandolin D E D A B D E D A E