South Coast chords by The Kingston Trio

• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro:

Bm   Em   Bm   Em   Bm   Em   Bm

                Em             Bm
South Coast the wild coast is lonely
        G                     F#7    G   F#
You may win a card game at Jolon
        Bm          Em         Bm
But the lion still rules the Barranca
      Em            F#m     Bm
And a man there is always alone

Verse:
                Em       Bm
My name is Juan Hano de Castro
   G             F#m          Bm
My father was a Spanish Grandee
             G           Em
But I won my wife in a card game
   G                F#m             Bm
To hell with those lords o'er the sea

Verse:
                Em          Bm
I picked up the ace, I had won her
   G                F#m         Bm
My heart which was down at my feet
                G            Em
Jumped up to my throat in a hurry
       G              F#m          Bm
Like a warm summer's day she was sweet


Chorus:
                 Em             Bm
South Coast the wild coast is lonely
        G                     F#7    G   F#
You may win a card game at Jolon
        Bm          Em         Bm
But the lion still rules the Barranca
      Em            F#m     Bm
And a man there is always alone

Verse:
                Em        Bm
Her arms had to tighten around me
      G            F#m            Bm
As we rode up the hill from the south
                 G                   Em
Not a word did I hear from her that day
     G               F#m        Bm
Or a kiss from her pretty red mouth


Verse:
              Em        Bm
We got to the cabin at twilight
        G              F#m          Bm
And the stars twinkled out on the coast
                   G              Em
She soon loved the valley, the orchard
     G                F#m          Bm
But I knew that she loved me the most


Chorus:
                 Em             Bm
South Coast the wild coast is lonely
        G                     F#7    G   F#
You may win a card game at Jolon
        Bm          Em         Bm
But the lion still rules the Barranca
      Em            F#m     Bm
And a man there is always alone


Verse:
           Em         Bm
Then I got hurt in a landslide
        G         F#m          Bm
Crushed hip and twice broken bone
                G          Em
She saddled our pony like lightning
     G           F#m        Bm
Rode off in the night all alone

Verse:
                      Em      Bm
But the lion screamed in the Barranca
         G         F#m          Bm
And the Pony fell back on the slide
                  G                Em
My young wife lay dead in the moonlight
   G                 F#m           Bm
My heart died that night with my bride

Chorus:
                 Em             Bm
South Coast the wild coast is lonely
        G                     F#7    G   F#
You may win a card game at Jolon
        Bm          Em         Bm
But the lion still rules the Barranca
      Em            F#m     Bm
And a man there is always alone

Outro:
Bm   D    G   D    Bm