Тональность: C minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Two men rode in from the south,
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a rainy autumn night
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The Sky above and the mud
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They walked into the Deacon's bar,
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they were Mexican by sight
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The sky above and the mud
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They threw a horsehair bridle down,
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we trade this for whiskey rounds
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The Deacon slams a bottle down,
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the two men start to drinkin'
Verse 2
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Their hair was long and black,
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tied up behind their ears
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Their faces were identical,
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like one man beside a mirror
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Then someone whispered that beats all,
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their wanted posters on the wall
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Twin brothers name of Sandoval,
horse thieves from Boquillas
Verse 3
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Now the bridle and the belts they wore were
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braided gray and black
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The color of a roan horse once
belonged to Deacon Black
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The fastest horse for miles around,
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he'd been stolen from the old fairground
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A month ago outside of town
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we tracked and never found him
Verse 4
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Now the Deacon was a preacher who
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had fallen hard from grace
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He owned the bar and a string of quarter
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horses that he'd race
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Yea, Deacon he could drink and curse,
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though he still quoted sacred verse
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He was sheriff, judge; he owned the hearse,
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a man you did not anger
Verse 5
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The sky above, the mud below,
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the wind and rain, the sleet and snow
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Two horse thieves from Mexico
drinkin' hard and singin'
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Verse 6
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One brother he spoke English,
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Deac inquires as to their work
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The man says mister we braid horsehair bridles,
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Yea, that fine bridle we did make,
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a roan horse killed by leg- bone break
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He's horsehair rope now; horse- meat steak,
we cleaned him to the bone
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Verse 7
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Well these gentlemen they were ignorant or didn't
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know just where they were
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The Deacon's face grew darker as he
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measured every word
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You horsehair braidin' sons o' witches
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stole my claim to earthly riches
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Someone go and dig a ditch,
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there may well be a hangin'
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Verse 8
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One brother reached inside his shirt
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searching for his gun
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Too late, for Deac had whipped
around his sawed off Remington
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The twins, they raised their hands and sneered,
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Deac was grinnin' ear to ear
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He says court's in session, hear ye hear,
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yours truly is presidin'
Verse 9
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Well the trial commenced and ended quick they
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didn't have a hope
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Deac says we'll cut your hair now boys and
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you can braid yourselves a rope
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it says somewhere eye for eye and hair for hair
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Covet not thy neighbors mare,
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I believe it's Revelations
Verse 10
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Now the fancy horsehair bridle,
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it hangs on Deacon's wall
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Next to that wanted poster of
the brothers Sandoval
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And he twisted rope so shiny black,
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the artifact that broke their necks
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Their craftsmanship he did respect,
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they shoulda stuck to braidin'
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Verse 11
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The sky above the mud below,
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the wind and rain, the sleet and snow
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The Deacon's hearse is rollin' slow
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in the first blue light of mornin'
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