The Pila Song Max Stalling
THE WIND WAS HOT AND THE SUN WAS HARD
[C]I WAS BEAT AND MY MARE WAS TIRED
[G]AND THE FENCE LINE I WAS RIDING STRETCHED [Am]FOREVER
MY MIND DRIFTED OFF AND BACK
TO CARMELLA AND HER HEART OF BLACK
AND THE THINGS THAT SHE�D SAID TO ME YESTERDAY
SO WHEN THE BOSS SENT ME OUT CHECKING FENCES
I WAS GLAD CAUSE I KNEW THAT IT MEANT
THAT I COULD SPEND SOME TIME OUT ALL ALONE
I WIPED THE SWEAT THAT STUNG MY EYES
LOOKED UP AND I REALIZED
THAT I WAS COMING UP ON THE SOUTH WINDMILL
THE CONCRETE TANK STOOD THERE BESIDE
THE WATER TROUGH THAT IT SUPPLIED
WHEN THE TROUGH WAS FULL THE MILL COULD KEEP ON
PUMPING & PUMPING & PUMPING & PUMPING
SO WE DRANK DEEP FROM THE SHALLOW TROUGH
AND WETTING MY HAIR GAVE ME A THOUGHT
THAT A SWIM IN THAT BIG TANK MIGHT COOL ME DOWN
[Bm]SO I SHUCKED MY DUDS AND HUNG �EM ON THE FENCE
[D]CLIMBED THE WIRES TO REACH THE RIM
[A]PULLED MYSELF ON UP AND JUMPED RIGH[Bm]T IN
THE WATER WAS COOL DOWN UNDERNEATH
BUT DEEPER THAN I THOUGHT IT�D BE
THERE WAS NO LADDER AND THE WALLS WERE SLICK WITH MOSS
SURE ENOUGH I GOT COOLED DOWN
WHEN I FOUND I HAD NO WAY OUT
AND THE THOUGHT OF A RAT IN A FEED BIN CHILLED MY BLOOD
WELL, AT FIRST I LAUGHED AT THE FIX I WAS IN
THEN MY TROUBLES ALL SANK IN
WITHOUT SOME HELP I WAS THERE TO STAY
I SCREAMED AND CLAWED TO NO AVAIL
TILL DIGNITY AND VOICE HAD FAILED
I WORE MY FINGERS DOWN ON THOSE DAMNED WALLS
I MARKED THE TIME WITH THE WINDMILL�S SHADE
PASSING CROSS MY MOSSY GRAVE
AND THE COWS COMING TO WATER TWICE A DAY
[C#m]I ALWAYS FIGURED LIGHTNING STRIKE
[E]OR RATTLESNAKE OR BARROOM FIGHT
[B]WOULD DO ME IN, NOT SOME MEXICAN [C#m]ROSE
THE FACT IS I WAS HOT AND DUMB
STRUCK STUPID BY THE SUN AND LOVE
SO ON ONE HAND I GUESS SHE�D PLAYED HER PART
THOUGH ALL THAT TIME I CUSSED HER LOTS
BUT I CUSSED MYSELF THE MOST BECAUSE
I HAD NOT LOOKED BEFORE I LEAPT
[C#m]NOW OVERHEAD AN EAGLE SOARS
[E]AND I SMELL RAIN COMING FROM THE NORTH
[B]I WONDER IF SHE�LL EVEN SHED ONE [C#m]TEAR
[C#m]JUST ONE [B]TEAR OVER [C#m]ME
[C#m]JUST ONE [E]TEAR OVER [B]ME, OVER [C#m]ME
(There are fills/walkdowns at the intro and
between the verses when it changes
to different chords. I'm not tabbing them...
you're on your own there.)
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