The Handsome Family – The Song Of A Hundred Toads (Guitar)
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From the album Singing Bones
[INTRO]
C C/G x 4
[VERSE 1]
C C/G C C/G C C/G C C/G On my way out to the gold mines, crossing the western hills, C C/G C C/G C C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E Me and my little dog, Clyde, and a horse named Prancing Bill, F F/C F F/C F F/C F F/C I slept under the stars, I heard the coyotes sing, C C/G C C/G G G/B C C/G C C/G And the sun was a golden coin shining just for me. F F/C C C/G C C/G The sun shone just for me.
[VERSE 2]
C C/G C C/G C C/G C C/G But high up in the mountains, Bill began to foam, C C/G C C/G C C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E And as I whipped and tugged him, he bucked against his load, F F/C F F/C F F/C F F/C 'Round a hairpin turn, the wagon tumbled o'er C C/G C C/G G G/B C C/G And down the jagged rocks, Bill fell with all I owned. F F/C C C/G C C/G He fell with all I owned.
[VERSE 3]
C C/G C C/G C C/G C C/G As the sun died out, coyotes began to howl C C/G C C/G C C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E Little Clyde's head rose and answered with a growl, F F/C F F/C F F/C F F/C But when I bent to call him, he snapped at me and ran, C C/G C C/G G G/B C C/G C C/G And then I was alone in the silent rocks and sand. F F/C C C/G C C/G The silent rocks and sand.
[INTERLUDE]
C C/G C C/G
[VERSE 4]
C C/G C C/G C C/G C C/G By my fifth day of walking, I was crawling on my knees, C C/G C C/G C C/G Am Am/E In handfuls of dust from between the dying weeds. F F/C F F/C F F/C F F/C I laid out in the dirt as the sun lost her glow, C C/G C C/G G G/B C C/G C C/G But I was welcomed in the dark by the song of a hundred toads.
[OUTRO]
F F/C C C/G C C/G The song of a hundred toads. F F/C C C/G C C/G The song of a hundred toads. F F/C C C/G C C/G The song of a hundred toads. F F/C C C/G C C/G The song of a hundred toads.