Key: E
Introduction:
Em D
Slidin' down the canyon on the Black Baldy Stallion
C
Through the rocks and the ridges of the cold dark night
Em D
Shinin' like a diamond from the belt of Orion
Am C
Is it your imagination, is the end in sight?
Em D
From the top of the mountain to the edge of the water
A C Em
You can hear her singin' softly so you spring to the order
D A
Of the song she was singin' the first time you saw her
C G
The years melt away as you ride toward the border.
F#m Am C G
Such a long, long way to ride
D E C G
Just to hear her say your name
D Am D C D C
When you reach the other side
D G
You won't leave her again.
Em D
It's a resonating wonder how you've never knuckled under
Am Em C
To the Elders of the village on that early Easter mornin'
Em D
Cause you never broke your promises and bonding her is all
A
there is
Em C G
Ridin' through the river in the fiery dawnin'.
D Am
Such a long, long way to ride
D Am C G
Just to hear her say your name
D Am C
When you reach the other side
D G
You won't leave her again.
Guitar solo
D Am C G D Am C D G D Am C D C D G
Em D
Sittin' in the cafe on the corner of the plaza
Am C
She's openin' the letter you could not deliver
Em D
As the Black Baldy Stallion riderlessly passes
Am G
Gleamin' in the sun drippin' water from the river
D Am
Such a long, long way to ride
D Am C G
Just to hear her say your name
D Am C
When you reach the other side
D G
You won't leave her again.
D Am C G
... a long, long way to ride
D A D G
Just to hear her say your name
D Am C
When you reach the other side
D G Em
You won't leave her again.
D G Em
You won't leave her again.