E                          A             E
Ridin' against the wind in East New Mexi-co
                                      B
His skin is dry and worn as the Texas plains
E                                          A                  E
He's headed where the air is thin and  the cold blue northers blow
               B                                           D
Up through the Raton Pass but he'll have to beat the early snow

[Intro]
once

E                          A             E
The winter of '64 was a great many years a-go
                                         B
When a young man went away for the rebel cause
E                                     A              E
And he was branded by the war and the only life he'd know
            B                                         D
Was lookin' over his shoulder saddle bound and layin' low

[Chorus]
              D                    E
Now there's a man on the goodnight-loving
         D              A          E
Like too many other men out on the trail
              D                                  E
Who found the hard way when the pushing comes to shoving
        D              A                 E
He'd go six feet under before he'd go to jail

[Solo]
Bass ,Backing chords
E        D           E           D            A          E
Lead Guitar, Backing chords
D       E         D           A          E

E                                                 A               E
Now there's a place just north of here where they say the outlaws go
                                        B
Where a man can leave his name and past behind
E                                        A                         E
And every now and then you'll hear, he's gone the way of the buffa-lo
            B                                                 D
And that he fin'ly made the pass but he didn't beat the early snow

[Chorus]

        D              A                 E
He'd go six feet under before he'd go to jail
Repeat Bass solo