Caballo Diablo
by Charlie Daniels
As performed by Chris LeDoux
Transcribed by Ken Bennett (cowboy@laughlin.net)
Capo 4th Fret
Am G F E
Wild as a coastal barranca, swift as the wind blowinā free
Am G
With two eyes like fire brands that glow in the night
F E
Somewhere up there heās waitinā for me
Am G F E
And he knows that Iām cominā for him, And I just canāt rest Ītil I find
Am G
That raven black stallion that wears no manās brand
F E
with a wild restless spirit like mine
Chorus
Am G Am
They call him Caballo Diablo, half horse half devil they say
Am G F G Am
Caballo Diablo, the outlaw up a top the Sierra Madre
Am G F E
Two men before tried to take him, they had their chance one by one
Am G
But each met his fate when those flashinā black hooves
F E
brought death ĪNeath the Mexican sun
Am G F E
Still I canāt leave, I must find him, You fool of a horse canāt you
see?
Am G
F E
I may be half man, but the other halfās devil, And youāre just exactly
like me
Chorus
Am G F E
Even the breeze has stopped movinā all hush now, be still,
Am G
Donāt make a sound stay close to the ground
F E
ĪCuz heās waitinā just over that hill
Am G F E
Down wind behind him move quickly, do it fast now, heās startinā to stir
Am G
Grab a handful of mane, then up on to his back,
F E
And start rakinā him down with my spurs
Am G F E
But try as he will he canāt shake me as over the precipice we go
Am G F E
To shed the life blood of a horse and a man on the rocky sierra below
Chorus
