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My Best Friend
Capo 2
Intro: G Am C G (play twice)
Chorus:
G Am C G
There’s a high lonesome valley in the hills of New Mexico
G Am C G
Surrounded by lava beds where the San Juan River flows
D C G C
Underneath a giant blackjack oak with green grass all around,
(C) G D G
Lies the body of my best friend buried beneath the ground
Verses:
G Am C G
We made a perfect team gathering strays or catching cows
(G) Am C G
Oh how I love him, and I wish he could be here now
D C G C
His name was Stony James; I can feel his spirit in the wind
(C) G D G
There can never be a replacement for my best friend
G Am C G
One day we were checkin’ cattle just movin’ nice and slow
G Am C G
When a lightning bolt from a thunderhead set the range a glow
D C G C
Our only chance was the river still twelve miles away
(C) G D G
I can still smell the sage burning on that dreadful day
G Am C G
We made it across the river with no time to spare
G Am C G
Poor Stony he was shakin’ and gasping for air
D C G C
So I pulled my saddle from his back I knew without a doubt
(C) G D G
The big bay horse had run too far and his lungs had just give out
D C G C
I sat and cried for hours asking God how can it be
(C) G D G
I had such a good friend; Stony gave his life for me
Repeat Chorus
Outro: D C G C C G D G