The Last Campaign Trilogy
Written by John
Stewart
This moving
three-part-song is from "The Phoenix Concerts", RCA (74), re-released as CD "The Complete Phoenix
Concerts" with
additional songs by Bear Family Records.
’The Last Campaign’ the first part of the ‘The Last Campaign Trilogy’, followed by ‘
It was (C)more than Indi(F)ana,
It was (Dm)more than (Am)South Da(G)kota,
It was (C)more than Cali(F)fornia,
It was (Dm)more than (Am)Ore(G)gon.
It was a (Am)race against (C)time,
It was (F)always (C)on our (G)minds,
And he (C)died (F)on the (Em)road.
(D) (G)
We were (C)tired, we were (F)hungry,
We were (Dm)living (Am)on a (G)dream,
For (C)all forgotten (F)people,
Never (Dm)heard and (Am)never (G)seen,
That there (Am)would come a (C)time,
For a (F)moment (C)they would (G)shine,
And it (C)died (F)on the (Em)road. (D)
(F)Truly as the (C)sun,
(E)Truly as the (Am)rain,
(F)Truly (G)I be(C)lie(Am)ve
That it (F)was the (G)last cam(C)paign.
(F)Truly as the (C)sun,
(E)Truly as the (Am)rain,
Oh, (F)truly (G)I be(C)lie(Am)ve
That it (F)was the (G)last cam(C)paign.
It was more than Indi(F)ana,
It was (Dm)more than (Am)South Da(G)kota,
It was (C)more than Cali(F)fornia,
It was (Dm)more than (Am)Ore(G)gon.
It was a (Am)race against (C)time,
It was (F)always (C)on our (G)minds,
And he (C)died (F)on the (Em)road. (hold)
(Am) (G) (F) (Em) (hold)
Oh, there (Am)ain't no wild (G)horses
Out on (F)Wild Horse (Em)Road,
Naw, there (C)ain't no (Em/B)wild (Am)horses (Am/G)there,
I (Dm)know.(G)
Some(Am)where they're trucking (G)mustangs
On a (F)lonesome (G)desert (A)road,
But there (C)ain't no (Em/B)wild
(Am)horses
(Am/G)Out on (F7) Wild Horse Road, (hold)
No, no, no,(C, add D# on B-string)no. (F) (C, add D#) (F)
(Am)Running down a mustang,
(G)What'll it take,
A (F)pick up and a (Em)gun?
(C) Hey, (Em/B)young (Am)moonlight (Am/G)gunner,
(Dm)Where's the sun?(G)
And (Am)don't it make you feel like
(G)Kicking in a white wall
(F)Now you (Em)fin´lly
(A)know
That there (C)ain't no (Em/B)wild
(Am)horses
Yeah, there (F)ain´t no (Dm)wild (G)horses,
No, there (C)ain´t no (Em/B)wild
(Am)horses
(Am/G)Out on (F7) Wild Horse Road. (hold)
Play quickly, high strings only:
(F) (C/E) (Dm) (F/C),
then, majestically...
(F) (C/E) (Dm) (F/C) (Bb6) (C) (F)
(C/E) (Dm) (F/C) (Bb6) (C) (F)
(C/E) Shoot all the brave (Dm)horses,(F/C)
(Bb6) (C) How will we (F)ride?
(C/E) Shoot all the brave (Dm)horses,(F/C)
(Bb) (Gm)How will (G/B)we (C)ride?(C/Bb)
Shoot (Am)all (C)the brave (D/F#)hor(Em)ses,
And (F)how (E)will we (Am)ride,(C/G)
And (F)ford (G7)the (G7/B)cold (C)wa(Em/B)ters,(Am)(C/G)
Oh, (F)how (G7)will (G7/B)we (C)ride? (C7)
Shoot(F)all (C/E)the brave (Dm)hor(F/C)ses,
And (Bb6)how (C)will we (F)ride?
Shoot all (C/E)the brave (Dm)hor(F/C)ses,
And (Bb)how (Gm)will (G/B)we (C)ride? (C/Bb)
Shoot (Am)all (C)the brave (D/F#)hor(Em)ses,
And (F)how (E)will we (Am)ride,(C/G)
And (F)ford (G7)the (G7/B)cold (C)wa(Em/B)ters,(Am)(C/G)
Oh, (F)how (G7)will (G7/B)we (C)ride?(C7)
Instrumental verse
Shoot(F)all (C/E)the brave (Dm)horses,(F/C)
And (Bb6)how (C)will we (F)ride?
Shoot all (C/E)the brave (Dm)horses,(F/C)
And (Bb)how (Gm)will (G/B)we (C)ride? (C/Bb)
Shoot (Am)all (C)the brave (D/F#)hor(Em)ses,
And (F)how (E)will we (Am)ride,(C/G)
And (F)ford (G7)the (G7/B)cold (C)wa(Em/B)ters,(Am)(C/G)
Oh, (F)how (G7)will (G7/B)we (C)ride?(C7)
Shoot(F)all (C/E)the brave (Dm)hor(F/C)ses,
And (Bb6)how (C)will we (F)ride?
Shoot all (C/E)the brave (Dm)hor(F/C)ses,
And (Bb)how (Gm)will (G/B)we (C)ride? (C/Bb)
Shoot (Am)all (C)the brave (D/F#)hor(Em)ses,
And (F)how (E)will we (Am)ride,(C/G)
And (F)ford (G7)the (G7/B)cold (C)wa(Em/B)ters,(Am)(C/G)
Oh, (F)how (G7)will (G7/B)we (C)ride?(C7)
(F)Truly as the (C)sun,
(E) Truly as the (Am)rain,
(F)Truly (G)I be(C)lie(Am)ve
That it (F)was the (G)last cam(C)paign. (F) (C)
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