The Raven And The Coyote chords by Robert Earl Keen

🎸 Intro:

Am F Am F



🎸 Verse 1:

Am        F
I've been riding all day long
Am         F
Through the wall of rain
Am          F
In the shadow of the mountains
Am      F
On the barren plain
C     G
To my angel in the village
Dm        F
Where a lamplight glows
C        G
If the dogs there don't betray me
F     Am   F Am F
No one will know

🎸 Verse 2:

Am         F
In the city of the soldier
Am       F
in the time of war
Am       F
There I met my Angelina
Am   F
I was 24
C          G
We made arrangements soon thereafter
Dm         F
Wedding plans were drawn
C       G
Just beyond the sound of laughter
F        Am   F Am F
Cannons thundered on


🎸 Verse 3:

Am           F
When I enlisted in the Army
Am    F
Angelina cried
Am          F
I whispered to her, "Don't you worry
Am      F
God is on our side."
C      G
On the battlegrounds before me
Dm         F
His plan was soon revealed
C       G
He guided me to fame and glory
F      Am   F
On the battlefield


🎸 Chorus:

C G      Am
Oh ooh the raven flies
F G       Am  F Am F
Oh ooh the coyote cries

🎸 Verse 4:

Am      F
Juan Miguel Ramos Montoya
Am       F
led his rebels well
Am             F
We fought them through the Emerald Valley
Am      F
To the sacred hill
C      G
In the end we were defeated
Dm       F
I was left for dead
C      G
Juan Montoya took our city
F    Am   F Am F
Angelina fled

🎸 Verse 5:

Am        F
I took to hiding in the mountains
Am        F
through the wintertime
Am       F
In the spring I rode to safety
Am        F
across the borderline
C       G
I sent word to Angelina
Dm      F
soon I will return
C         G
With the full moon in the window
F         Am   F Am F
let your lamplight burn

🎸 Verse 6:

Am       F
From the bluff above her village
Am          F
My hope has turned to fright
Am      F
Only darkness in the windows
Am      F
Not a single light
C         G
I cursed my God and shook my angry
Dm      F
Fist at Him above
C       G
Twice forsaken, once in war
F     Am   F
And now in love

🎸 Chorus:

C G      Am
Oh ooh the raven flies
F G       Am  F Am F
Oh ooh the coyote cries

🎸 Verse 7:

Am       F
I ran in rage toward the chapel
Am       F
Stricken by my loss
Am         F
I vowed to leave my lifeless body
Am      F
Upon His Holy Cross
C        G
But at the altar of the chapel
Dm       F
A lonely candle shown
C         G
Across the face of Angelina
F         Am F Am F Am F Am F
Kneeling all alone

🎸 Chorus:

C G      Am
Oh ooh the raven flies
F G       Am  F
Oh ooh the coyote cries

🎸 Outro:

C G      Am
Oh ooh the raven flies
F G       Am  F Am F Am F Am F Am
Oh ooh the coyote cries