The Pila Song

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THE WIND WAS HOT AND THE SUN WAS HARD 
C 
I WAS BEAT AND MY MARE WAS TIRED 
G                                         Am 
AND THE FENCE LINE I WAS RIDING STRETCHED FOREVER 
MY MIND DRIFTED OFF AND BACK 
TO CARMELLA AND HER HEART OF BLACK 
AND THE THINGS THAT SHE?D SAID TO ME YESTERDAY 
SO WHEN THE BOSS SENT ME OUT CHECKING FENCES 
I WAS GLAD CAUSE I KNEW THAT IT MEANT 
THAT I COULD SPEND SOME TIME OUT ALL ALONE 
 
I WIPED THE SWEAT THAT STUNG MY EYES 
LOOKED UP AND I REALIZED 
THAT I WAS COMING UP ON THE SOUTH WINDMILL 
THE CONCRETE TANK STOOD THERE BESIDE 
THE WATER TROUGH THAT IT SUPPLIED 
WHEN THE TROUGH WAS FULL THE MILL COULD KEEP ON 
PUMPING & PUMPING & PUMPING & PUMPING 
SO WE DRANK DEEP FROM THE SHALLOW TROUGH 
AND WETTING MY HAIR GAVE ME A THOUGHT 
THAT A SWIM IN THAT BIG TANK MIGHT COOL ME DOWN 
 
Bm 
SO I SHUCKED MY DUDS AND HUNG ?EM ON THE FENCE 
D 
CLIMBED THE WIRES TO REACH THE RIM 
A                                  Bm 
PULLED MYSELF ON UP AND JUMPED RIGHT IN 
THE WATER WAS COOL DOWN UNDERNEATH 
BUT DEEPER THAN I THOUGHT IT?D BE 
THERE WAS NO LADDER AND THE WALLS WERE SLICK WITH MOSS 
SURE ENOUGH I GOT COOLED DOWN 
WHEN I FOUND I HAD NO WAY OUT 
AND THE THOUGHT OF A RAT IN A FEED BIN CHILLED MY BLOOD 
 
WELL, AT FIRST I LAUGHED AT THE FIX I WAS IN 
THEN MY TROUBLES ALL SANK IN 
WITHOUT SOME HELP I WAS THERE TO STAY 
I SCREAMED AND CLAWED TO NO AVAIL 
TILL DIGNITY AND VOICE HAD FAILED 
I WORE MY FINGERS DOWN ON THOSE DAMNED WALLS 
I MARKED THE TIME WITH THE WINDMILL?S SHADE 
PASSING CROSS MY MOSSY GRAVE 
AND THE COWS COMING TO WATER TWICE A DAY 
 
C#m 
I ALWAYS FIGURED LIGHTNING STRIKE 
E 
OR RATTLESNAKE OR BARROOM FIGHT 
B                                C#m 
WOULD DO ME IN, NOT SOME MEXICAN ROSE 
THE FACT IS I WAS HOT AND DUMB 
STRUCK STUPID BY THE SUN AND LOVE 
 
SO ON ONE HAND I GUESS SHE?D PLAYED HER PART 
THOUGH ALL THAT TIME I CUSSED HER LOTS 
BUT I CUSSED MYSELF THE MOST BECAUSE 
I HAD NOT LOOKED BEFORE I LEAPT 
 
C#m 
NOW OVERHEAD AN EAGLE SOARS 
E 
AND I SMELL RAIN COMING FROM THE NORTH 
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I WONDER IF SHE?LL EVEN SHED ONE TEAR 
C#m      B         C#m 
JUST ONE TEAR OVER ME 
C#m      E         B        C#m 
JUST ONE TEAR OVER ME, OVER ME 
 
 
(There are fills/walkdowns at the intro and  
between the verses when it changes  
to different chords. I'm not tabbing them... 
you're on your own there.)