Capo 4th Fret
AmGFE
Wild as a coastal barranca, swift as the wind blowinâ free
AmG
With two eyes like fire brands that glow in the night
FE
Somewhere up there heâs waitinâ for me
AmGFE
And he knows that Iâm comin for him, And I just canât rest ?til I find
AmG
That raven black stallion that wears no manâs brand
FE
with a wild restless spirit like mine
Chorus
AmGAm
They call him Caballo Diablo, half horse half devil they say
AmGFGAm
Caballo Diablo, the outlaw up a top the Sierra Madre
AmGFE
Two men before tried to take him, they had their chance one by one
AmG
But each met his fate when those flashinâ black hooves
FE
brought death ?Neath the Mexican sun
AmGFE
Still I canât leave, I must find him, You fool of a horse canât you
see?
AGFE
I may be half man, but the other halfâs devil, And youâre just exactly
like me
Chorus
AmGFE
Even the breeze has stopped movinâ all hush now, be still,
AmG
Donât make a sound stay close to the ground
FE
?Cuz heâs waitinâ just over that hill
AmGFE
Down wind behind him move quickly, do it fast now, heâs startinâ to stir
AmG
Grab a handful of mane, then up on to his back,
FE
And start rakinâ him down with my spurs
AmGFE
But try as he will he canât shake me as over the precipice we go
AmGFE
To shed the life blood of a horse and a man on the rocky sierra below
Chorus