Eric Taylor Deadwood written by Eric Taylor
Eric Taylor vocals/acoustic guitar
Glenn Fukunaga bass
Gene Elders violin
John Hagen cello
Chris Maresh acoustic bass
James Gilmer percussion
The g
ood times scratched a l[F/E]augh from the [F/D]lungs of a [F/C]young man
In a
Deadwood
saloon South
Dakota afternoon
And the
old ones by the d[F/E]oor with their h[F/D]eads to their c[F/C]hests
They told
lies about
whiskey on a
woman’s breast
Some tell the [F/E]story of [F/D]young Mickey [F/C]Free
Lost an
eye to a buck
deer in the
Tongue river valley
Some tell the [F/E]story of [F/D]California J[F/C]oe
He sent
word that the Black
Hills they was a
mountain of gold
And the
gold she lay [Dm/C]cold in their
pockets
And the
sun she sets [Dm/C]down on the
trees
And t
hey’ll thank the[Dm/C] Lord for this
land that they live in
Where a
white man well he
does as he
please
s
Some flat shoed fool [F/E]from the [F/D]east come a[F/C] running
With
some news that he
read in some St
Joseph paper
And its dri
nks all [F/E]around cause the [F/D]news he’s a [F/C]telling
Is the
one they call
crazy has been c
aught and been dealt with
[F/E] [F/D] [F/C]
And the Easterner he reads the news from the paper
And the old ones draw
nearer so that they can
hear better
[F/E] [F/D]
[F/C]Well it says here that Crazy Horse was killed while he was trying to
escape
Says is was
sometime last
September and
don’t give the exact date
And the
gold she lay [Dm/C]cold in their
pockets
And the
sun she sets [Dm/C]down on the
trees
And t
hey’ll thank the[Dm/C] Lord for this
land that they live in
Where a
white man well he
does as he
please
s
[F/E] [F/D] [F/C]
Then the talk turned back to whisky and women
Cold nights on the
plains lord
fighting the Indians
The Easterner [F/E]says he’ll have one [F/D]more before he [F/C]goes
He gives up the
paper to the Crow boy s
weeps up the floor
And the
gold she lay [Dm/C]cold in their
pockets
And the
sun she sets [Dm/C]down on the
trees
And t
hey’ll thank the[Dm/C] Lord for this
land that they live in
Where a
white man well he
does as he
please
s
From Eric Taylor “Eric Taylor”
Watermelon Records WM 1040
P.O. Box 402088 Austin, Texas 78704
[512-472-6192]Copyright 1995 Songs Of PolyGram Intl/Blue Ruby Music (BMI)