David Bromberg — Spanish Johnny

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Spanish Johnny written by  Paul Siebel based on 1917 poem by Willa Cather
as performed by  David Bromberg
In the youtube video recording by David Bromberg the low 'E' string dropped to 'C'

Finger Picking style

[Verse 1]
C
Those other years, the dusty years
                            D
When we drove the big herds through
C
I tried to forget the miles we rode
                   D
And Spanish Johnny too

[Verse 2]
     C                                              D
He'd sit beside a water ditch when all his herd was in
    C                                G             D
And he'd never harm a child but sing   to his mandolin
            C
He sang the old songs, the old ways,
                        D
and the dealins' of our game
C                                             D
Spanish Johnny seldom spoke, but sang songs of Spain

[Verse 3]
C
And his talk with men was vicious talk
                     D
When he was drunk on gin
    C                                    G               D
Ah, but those were golden things he said   to his mandolin


[GUITAR SOLO]


[vERSE 4]

C
We had to stand, we had to judge,
                   D
We had to stop him then
        C                                            D
For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men

[vERSE 5]
C                                                    D
He died a hard death long ago before the roads came in
        C                            G            D
And the night before he swung he sung  to his mandolin
C
Well, we carried him out in the mornin' light
                  D
a man who done no good
C
And we lowered him down in the cold cold clay
                    D
Stuck in a cross of wood
      C
And a letter he wrote to his kinfolk
                        D
To tell them where he'd been
      C
And we shipped it on down to Mexico,
G                     D      C
Along with his  mandolin		
    

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