Robert Earl Keen – The Raven And The Coyote (Guitar)

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I've been riding all day long

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Through the wall of rain

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In the shadow of the mountains

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On the barren plain

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To my angel in the village

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Where a lamplight glows

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If the dogs there don't betray me

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No one will know

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In the city of the soldier,

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in the time of war

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There I met my Angelina,

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I was 24

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We made arrangements soon thereafter

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Wedding plans were drawn

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Just beyond the sound of laughter

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Cannons thundered on

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When I enlisted in the Army,

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Angelina cried

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I whispered to her, "Don't you worry

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God is on our side."

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On the battlegrounds before me

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His plan was soon revealed

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He guided me to fame and glory

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On the battlefield

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Oh ooh the raven flies

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Oh ooh the coyote cries

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Juan Miguel Ramos Montoya

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led his rebels well

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We fought them through the Emerald Valley

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To the sacred hill

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In the end we were defeated,

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I was left for dead

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Juan Montoya took our city,

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Angelina fled

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I took to hiding in the mountains,

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through the wintertime

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In the spring I rode to safety

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across the borderline

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I sent word to Angelina,

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soon I will return

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With the full moon in the window,

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let your lamplight burn

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From the bluff above her village

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My hope has turned to fright

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Only darkness in the windows

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Not a single light

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I cursed my God and shook my angry

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Fist at Him above

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Twice forsaken, once in war

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And now in love

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Oh ooh the raven flies

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Oh ooh the coyote cries

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I ran in rage toward the chapel

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Stricken by my loss

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I vowed to leave my lifeless body

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Upon His Holy Cross

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But at the altar of the chapel

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A lonely candle shown

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Across the face of Angelina

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Kneeling all alone

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Oh ooh the raven flies

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Oh ooh the coyote cries

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Oh ooh the raven flies

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Oh ooh the coyote cries