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Gene Clark               Del Gato    written by Gene Clark
Carla Olson                                     Rick Clark  

Gene Clark          vocals/acoustic guitar
Carla Olson         vocals/acoustic guitar
J Michael Huey      drums
Roscoe Beck         bass
Tom Junior Morgan   flute



A   D   A     D    A

A                        Bm
My name is Del Gato born close to the border
   D                           A
Of white blood and red blood I came
A                      Bm
I travel  the saddle I follow the cattle
D                               A
Down on the range    where they graze
       E                   D                   A
And I just ride  in from a hard south western drive
   E
My lips  parched and bloodied
    D                              A
My  face  torn by sand storms and pride
                          Bm
Loyality     riches  and inner bred ditches   ???
        D                      A
Was the brew that I drank as a child
A
So rebellios a lover
    Bm
Don Juan as a my cover
      D                           A
They  die cast my type  called me wild    ???
A     E                   D                   A
And I just ride in from a hard  southwestern drive
    E               D                     A
The hanging tree is waiting for me to arrive

SOLO

A                        Bm
Structured political our children they ridiculed
D                              A
They teach them of sins and to lie
A                                    Bm
Their schools buildt by fools but by breaking the rules
       D                      A
Like A fox I am forced now to hide
      E                   A                  A
And I just ride in from a hard south western drive
   E
My lips  parched and bloodied
    D                              A
My  face  torn by sand storms and pride
A                          Bm 
Pepper tree spreads taking many mans heads     ????
        D                           A      
But the one they would want most is mine 

To the mission I go i
   Bm
In San Juan  and I kneel
      D                       A
And I pray for the love of my life
      E                   A                  A
And I just ride in from a hard south western drive
   E
My lips  parched and bloodied
    D                              A
My  face  torn by sand storms and pride


         From the "So Rebellious A Lover"  LP   
         Rhino Records 1987