Dub Miller - Paying The Fiddler guitar chord

Paying The Fiddler

By Dub Miller

C/B - X20010

Am/G - 3X2210

Intro chords:

C C/B Am Am/G F G C twice

C C/B Am

He left a dead man in Chihuahua, now he's hiding out in Baja

F G

In the sun and sand where no one knows the past

C C/B Am

Of a long forgotten hero from a long forgotten time

D G

An outlaw who has seen his better days

Am F

Now in Cabo, senoritas, forgotten dreams, and cheap tequila

C G

Maybe he might ease his wounded soul

C C/B Am

For a thousand revolutions he must pay his retribution

F G C

And make his peace with finally getting old

Chorus:

F G C C/B Am Am/G

He said I've been to all four corners and I've ridden all four winds

F G C

And I've had someplace to go until now

F G C C/B Am

He's the last of the dying breed who's seen all there is to see

F G C

And he's payin the fiddler now

When the cold wind hit the Frio it was time to leave Del Rio

Uncle Sam calling him to fight

Headlines say torpedos, they're like Houston mosquitoes

Boys pack your bags, we're leaving here tonight

It was that Pacific Ocean where he first got the notion

That a mercenary life's the way to be

So he traded in his saddle and his favorite pair of boots

For the wind and sail and life upon the sea

Chorus

In the Spring of '45 he left MacArthur's side

And found himself entrenched in Panama

Then on to Costa Rica, then to fight the Sandinistas

Then on to somewhere else I can't recall

Lines of latitude and longitude never made a bit of sense

To a man who made his living making war

It's a life lived by the peso and the crooked dollar bill

And the constant call of another distant shore

Chorus

Now the western setting sun hides the secrets of the desert

A mariachi band plays their last sad song

An old man pours a glass of rum and thinks about the past

And a future where he no longer belongs

As the tourist wanders in he wonders can they see the sins

Of the scars that his battered body bears

Do they know all of the deeds he's done or know of the battles he's won

Now he's too old to fight and no one really cares

Chorus