The Raven And The Coyote chords by Robert Earl Keen

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

A minorAm FF A minorAm FF


🎸 Verse 1:

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

🎸 Verse 2:

A minorAm         FF
In the city of the soldier
A minorAm       FF
in the time of war
A minorAm       FF
There I met my Angelina
A minorAm   FF
I was 24
C majorC          G+G
We made arrangements soon thereafter
DmDm         FF
Wedding plans were drawn
C majorC       G+G
Just beyond the sound of laughter
FF        A minorAm   FF A minorAm FF
Cannons thundered on


🎸 Verse 3:

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

🎸 Chorus:

C majorC G+G      A minorAm
Oh ooh the raven flies
FF G+G       A minorAm  FF A minorAm FF
Oh ooh the coyote cries

🎸 Verse 4:

A minorAm      FF
Juan Miguel Ramos Montoya
A minorAm       FF
led his rebels well
A minorAm             FF
We fought them through the Emerald Valley
A minorAm      FF
To the sacred hill
C majorC      G+G
In the end we were defeated
DmDm       FF
I was left for dead
C majorC      G+G
Juan Montoya took our city
FF    A minorAm   FF A minorAm FF
Angelina fled

🎸 Verse 5:

A minorAm        FF
I took to hiding in the mountains
A minorAm        FF
through the wintertime
A minorAm       FF
In the spring I rode to safety
A minorAm        FF
across the borderline
C majorC       G+G
I sent word to Angelina
DmDm      FF
soon I will return
C majorC         G+G
With the full moon in the window
FF         A minorAm   FF A minorAm FF
let your lamplight burn

🎸 Verse 6:

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

🎸 Chorus:

C majorC G+G      A minorAm
Oh ooh the raven flies
FF G+G       A minorAm  FF A minorAm FF
Oh ooh the coyote cries

🎸 Verse 7:

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

🎸 Chorus:

C majorC G+G      A minorAm
Oh ooh the raven flies
FF G+G       A minorAm  FF
Oh ooh the coyote cries

🎸 Outro:

C majorC G+G      A minorAm
Oh ooh the raven flies
FF G+G       A minorAm  FF A minorAm FF A minorAm FF A minorAm FF A minorAm
Oh ooh the coyote cries