Michael Martin Murphey – Running Shadow (Guitar)

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Wise men spoke the vision   Of the spirit horses way

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Like a  saviour he has a mission   From the ashes of the plains

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All the souls of mighty warriors   Are carried in his veins

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All the hopes of ancient nations   Are flowing through his mane

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And the spirit voices say

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Never chase a running shadow   Underneath the midnight sky

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Never chase a running shadow   You will ride till you die

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>From the badlands of Dakota   One lone rider came

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To catch the restless spirit  They said could not be tamed

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And he laughed at all the legends   He called their stories lies

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He called it superstition   Foolish dreams of fading tries

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And the spirit voices cry

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Never chase a running shadow   Underneath the midnight sky

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Never chase a running shadow   You will ride till you die

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Over hills and through dark canyons   He chased the steel dust grey

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But he could not catch the stallion   He could not break his pace

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He persued the racing phantom   To the canyons edge

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But running shadow jumped the chasm   Left the outlaw on the ledge

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And the spirit voices say

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Never chase a running shadow   Underneath the midnight sky

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Never chase a running shadow   You will ride till you die

      C#m             G#m               G  A          E
Never chase a running shadow   You will ride till you die