The old Spanish trail

 

   C   - - - - - - - Dm   G                                C

1.    No silver spurs  tinkled like hers and mine,

                            G            G7         C

    it was music divine, but now it's gone.

                  G        C     - F - C            G             C    - F - C - G

    Pardon me if I sigh:             ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay.

 

     - - - - -  C                                                    G     - G7

2. Let me tell you a tale of the Old Spanish Trail,

                 G            G7                G                    G7                  C    - G

    she and I used to ride side by side down the Old Spanish Trail.

                  C                                                            G       - G7

    Desert stars high above seemed to say, "Fall in love."

                G               G7                G               G7                  C   - G - C

    So we talked of a June honeymoon on the Old Spanish Trail.

 

             Em                                    Am

3. One night, I was passing the cantina,

            B7                                        Em B7      G   - G7

    that night, she was in somebody el….se's arms.

 

                  C                                       G                      - G7

4. Have I seen her since then? Only now and again,

                  G               G7               G                    G7                  C - F - C

    when together they ride side by side down the Old Spanish Trail.

 

    + repeat verse 3 as instrumental

 

    + repeat verse 4   +

 

                  G        C     - F - C            G             C    - F - C

    Pardon me if I sigh:             ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay.

 

    (Roy Rogers)