The Pila Song

Am The wind was hot and the sun was hard C I was beat and my mare was tired G Am and the fence line i was riding stretched forever Am My mind drifted off and back C to Carmella and her heart of black G Am and the things that she’d said to me yesterday Am So when the boss sent me out checking fences C I was glad cause I knew that it meant G Am that I could spend some time out all alone Am I wiped the sweat that stung my eyes C looked up and I realized G Am that I was coming up on the south windmill Am The concrete tank stood there beside C the water trough that it supplied G Am when the trough was full the mill could keep on Am pumping, pumping, pumping and thumping C So we drank deep from the shallow trough Am and wetting my hair gave me a thought G Am that a swim in that big tank might cool me down Bm So I shucked my duds and hung ‘em on the fence D climbed the wires to reach the rim A Bm pulled myself on up and jumped right in Bm the water was cool down underneath D but deeper than I thought it’d be A Bm there was no ladder and the walls were slick with moss Bm Sure enough I got cooled down D when I found I had no way out A Bm and the thought of a rat in a feed bin chilled my blood Bm Well, at first I laughed at the fix I was in D then my troubles all sank in A Bm without some help I was there to stay Bm I screamed and clawed to no avail D till dignity and voice had failed A Bm I wore my fingers down on those damned walls Bm I marked the time with the windmill’s shade D passing cross my mossy grave A Bm and the cows coming to water twice a day C#m I always figured lightning strike E or rattlesnake or barroom fight B C#m would do me in, not some mexican rose C#m The fact is I was hot and dumb E Struck stupid by the sun and love B C#m so on one hand I guess she’d played her part C#m though all that time I cussed her lots E but I cussed myself the most because B C#m I had not looked before I leapt C#m Now overhead an eagle soars E and I smell rain coming from the North B C#m I wonder if she’ll even shed one tear C#m B C#m Just one tear over me c#m E B C#m Just one tear over me, over me