Date: 
From: Jason Neus <Jason.D.Neus@uwrf.edu>
Subject: Rhymes of the Renegades


        Rhymes Of The Renegades (Michael Martin Murphy)
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Perfromed By Michael Martin Murphey

        G             C              G        C
        If You Listen Close When The Hot Wind Blows
                 G           C          G       C
        Down The Dust Filled Streets Of Old Tombstone
                  G                 D
        You Might Hear An Old Rhyme Ringin'
               G           C               G          C
        Of The Legends Who Walked In Their Long Black Coats
            G              C                G  C
        And Their High Top Boots And Their .45 Colts
                 G                D
        Right In To This Song I'm Singing
                 G      D       C
        That The Ballad Mongers Made
                 D             G           C G C G C G D
        Into The Rhymes Of The Renegades
            G     C             G        C
        Way Up In Dakota By The Deadwood Moon
             G            C             G     C
        Wild Bill's Ghost Haunts Number 10 Saloon
                G              D
        Where A Coward Came To Get Him
                    G          C       G        C
        Bill Held A Dead Man's Hand Of Aces And Eights
                 G           C       G       C
        With His Back To The Door He Tempted Fate
            G                        D
        Old Bill Never Knew What Hit Him
        G            D    C
        Gamblin' His Life Away
               D             G
        To The Ryhmes Of The Renegades
            D
        And In All Of The Towns Too Tough To Die
              G
        Their Dancin' Up On Boot Hill Tonight
        D
        Laughin' At The Movies Hollywood Made
        C              D             G
        Dancing To The Rhymes Of The Renegades
            D
        And Billy The Kid Is Laughing Right Out Loud
           G
        At How They Turned Him Into A Hero Somehow
               D
        Who'll Cast A Third Stone At His Well Known Grave
              C              D             G
        While Chanting These Rhymes Of The Renegades
            G      C               G         C
        Way Out In California By A Long Dark Bend
              G        C              G      C
        And A Mask And Duster Blowing In The Wind
              G                       D
        Black Bart Still Stands There Waitin'
            G         C        G             C
        And Out In El Paso The Thunder Cloud Rolls
             G            C             G    C
        Like John Wessley Hardin's Guns Long Ago
                G                   D
        And The West Still Loves To Hate Him
                G      D        C
        For His Legend Will Not Fade
                 D             G
        From The Rhymes Of The Renegades
            G          C           G            C
        And All Of The Robbers Who Rode Through Hell
            G             C             G       C
        And Danced On The Rope When The Gallows Fell
              G                     D
        Their Demons Are Still With Us
                G          C       G         C
        And The Vigilantes Do More Evil Than Good
                  G          C           G     C
        When They Masquarade Around Like Robin Hood
                 G                D
        And They Ride At Night To Get Us
                 G         D          C
        From The Owl Whoot Trails The Shades
                 D             G
        Come The Rhymes Of The Renegades
            D
        And Could It Be True That Some Become Outlaws
                G
        Holdin' On To The Last To A Long Lost Cause
        D
        Diggin' Their Grave With A Silver Spade
                C          D             G
        Singing Hymes And Rhymes To The Renegades
             D
        Some Call It A Mystery When Waco Burns
             G
        From History They Refuse To Learn
             D
        They Turn Their Backs 'Till The Movie Deal's Made
        C           D             G
        Deaf To The Rhymes Of The Renegades
                D
        They'll Burn Down Up To Heaven And Stay (not sure of lyrics here)
                  G
        Cause The Raid Out Laws On the Churches And Banks (not sure of lryics here)
             D
        They Enforce The Laws That Where Tailor Made
                   C        D             G
        They Won't Hear The Rhymes Of The Renegades
             D
        They Ignore The Dark Side Of Humanity
                G
        They're Living The Illusion That Were All Free
                D
        They'll Never Know How Many Could Be Saved
                 C               D      N.C.       G
        From The Lessons And The Rhymes Of The Renegades