Black Baldy Stallion chords by Robert Earl Keen

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  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  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.