The Pila Song Chords by Max Stalling

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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] The wind was hot and the sun was [C] hard and I was beatin'
My mare was [G] tired and the fence line I was [Am] ridin' stretched forever
_ _ My mind drifted off and [C] back to Carmella and her heart [G] of black
And the things that she'd said to [Am] me yesterday
_ So when the boss sent me out [C] checkin' fences I was glad
Cause I knew [G] that it meant that I could spend some [B] time out all alone
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_ [Am] _ _ _ I wiped the sweat that stung my [C] eyes
I looked up and I [G] realized that I was coming up on the [Am] south windmill
_ The concrete tank stood there [C] beside [C] the water trough that it [G] supplied
And when the trough was full the mill could [Am] keep on pumping and pumping and pumping and pumping
[A] So we drank deep from the shallow [C] trough and wetting my hair
Gave me the [G] thought that a swim in that big tank might cool me down _
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So I shucked my duds and hung them on the [D] fence
Climbed the wires and reached the [A] rim
Pulled myself on up and [Bm] jumped right in _
The water was cool down [D] underneath but deeper than I thought it'd [A] be
There was no ladder and the walls were [Bm] slick with moss _
_ Sure enough I got cooled [D] down
When I found I had no way [A] out
And thought of a rat in a feed bin [C#] chilled my blood _
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[F#] Well at first I laughed at the fix I was [D] in
Then my troubles all sank [A] in
Without some help I was [Bm] there to stay _
I screamed and clawed to no [D] avail
Took [G] dignity and voice had [A] failed
I wore my fingers down on [F#] those damn walls
[Bm] _
And I marked the time with the windmill [D] shake
Passing across my mossy [A] grave
Cows come in the water [D] twice a day
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I always figured lightning [E] strike or rattlesnake
Or ballroom fight would [B] do me in
Not some [C#m] Mexican rose
The fact is I was [E] hot to dumb
Struck stupid by the sun and [B] love
So on the one hand I guess she played [C#m] her part _
Through all that time I cussed her [E] lots
But I cussed myself the most [B] because
I had not looked before [C#m] I'd left _
Now overhead an eagle [E] soars
And I smell rain coming [B] from the north
I wonder if she'll even shed [G#] one tear _
_ _ _ [C#] Just [C#m] one tear _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Over me
_ _ _ _ [B] Just one tear
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Over me
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