Tom: Em
Em D
That old prairie wind is blowing
Em D
I can feel it on my face
Em D
As the land, it rolls out before me
D Em
Everything is in it's place
[Verse 2]
Em D
My old home, I'll never go to
Em D
My old home, I'll never see
Em D
For I must ride now across these flatlands
D Em
Fleein' the man who murdered me
[Chorus 1]
Em D
By the dawn's early light
Em D
Oh now, I must saddle up and ride
Em D
By the dawn's early light
C D
Oh now, ride through the night
D Em
Into the dawn's early light
[Verse 3]
Em D
In the state of Indiana
Em D
Lived the man who killed my son
Em D
I shot him dead, now I did it indeed
D Em
After ten long years on the run
[Verse 4]
Em D
But that man, he was not a loner
Em D
Had two brothers, Lord, you see
Em D
They flipped a coin to let fate decide
D Em
Which one would come and murder me
[Verse 5]
Em D
Sun comes up, down in the valley
Em D
In the air, sensation over me
Em D
When I see comin' up around the corner
D Em
Both of the Brothers riding right in front of me
[Verse 6]
Em D
Down in the valley it's two against one
Em D
All men reaching for their guns
Em D
Three shots fired down deep in the valley
D Em
Two men dying in the morning sun
[Chorus 2]
Em D
By the dawn's early light
Em D
My boy's kneelin' by my side
Em D
By the dawn's early light
C D
As I lay me down to die
D Em
Into the dawn's early light
[Chorus 3]
Em D
By the dawn's early light
Em D
Oh now, I must saddle up and ride
Em D
By the dawn's early light
C D
Oh now, ride through the night
D Em
Into the dawn's early light
[Verse 7]
Em D
Riding along into the night
Em D
Riding along into the night
Em D
Well, it must've been five, six years ago
D Em
Under the dawn's early light
[Verse 8]
Em D
Well, I led my darling down the old vermillion way
Em D
Well, I led her down to the riverside
Em D
And we said our vows in the moonlight that night
C D
And we knew from that day we'd never be apart
D Em
But then it all changed in the blink of an eye
