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