Key: A
Introduction:
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Two men rode in from the south, on a rainy autumn night
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The Sky above and the mud below
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They walked into the Deacon's bar, they were Mexican by sight
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The sky above and the mud below
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They threw a horsehair bridle down, We trade this for whiskey rounds.
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The Deacon slams a bottle down, The two men start to drinkin'
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Their hair was long and black, tied up behind their ears
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The sky above and the mud below
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Their faces were identical, like one man beside a mirror
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The sky above and the mud below
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Then someone whispered "That beats all, their wanted poster?s on the wall
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Twin brothers name of Sandoval, horse thieves from Boquillas"
Now the bridle and the belts they wore were braided gray and black
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The sky above, the mud below,
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The wind and rain, the sleet and snow
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Two horse thieves from Mexico drinkin' hard and singin'
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One brother he spoke English, Deac inquires as to their work
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The sky above and the mud below
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The man says "Mister we braid horsehair bridles, ropes and quirts.
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The sky above and the mud below.
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Yea, that fine bridle we did make, roan horse killed by leg-bone break.
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He's horsehair rope now horse-meat steak, We cleaned him to the bone
Well these gentlemen they were ignorant or didn't know just where they were.
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The sky above the mud below, the wind and rain, the sleet and snow
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The Deacon's hearse is rollin' slow in the first blue light
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light of morning.