Black Canyon chords and lyrics - PEDRO THE LION

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[Verse 1]
[Bm]Just after midnight,
[Bbm]Black Canyon[Bb] freewa[Am]y[Asus2]
[Am]A ma[G]n wh[Em]en he could
[Bm]no longer de[C]al
[D]Stepped [G]in front of[Em]
[Bm]18 wheels[C]

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][G][C]
My [D]uncle Ray

[Verse 2]
was [G]a[Em]
[G]par[D]ame[G]dic[C]
One of [D]the first boots on [G]the [D]ground[C]
He saw [D]the man beneath the truck
[G]in several [D]pie[G]ces
[C]Ob [D]viously [G]gone -

[Interlude 2]
Time to call for cleanup
[C][D]
[Em][G][C][G][Asus4][G][C][G]
[Em]
[G]More flashing light

[Verse 3]
[C]s c[G]ame
The cops blocked off the [C]road
[G]Ray's pal from another engin[C]e
[G]Came ove[Asus4]r with a
[G]gallows [Asus4]joke[G]

[Verse 4]
[C]Come on Ray,
we can [G]save [D]him[Em][G]
Come [C]on Ray, [G]we can save [Em]him[G]
Come [C]on [G]Ray[D]

[Verse 5]
[Em]Ray's pal [G]went close[C]r to s[G]ee
[Asus4]the broken bo[G]dy[C]
[G]Pretty qui[Em]ckly he [G]came[C]
back [G]acting [C]queasy
[D]Sayin' [Em]"Ray, you [D]won't be[C]lieve [G]what
[Asus4]that man [G]said to m[C]e:"[G]

[Verse 6]
"Get this [Bm]truck off
my [C]back[G][Em]
Don't know what I expec[Bm]ted,
but [C]that hurt really [Am]bad[D][G]
Where were [Bm]my people a[C]t?[G][Em]
Coiled up like a [Bm]rattlesnake
[C]Waiting [G]to at[Am]tack"
[G][D]

[Verse 7]
[Em]
Next [D]up the fe[C]male [G]fire [D]en
[G]gine driver [C]strolled[G]
[Em]To see the [G]body so[C]lo [G]when
Ray de[D]clined [G]to go
Against her better judg[C]ment,
[G]her tra[D]ining and her pla[C]n[D]
[G]She recognized in those pie[C]ces a[G]
[D]broken[G]hearted [Asus4]man[G]

[Verse 8]
Com[C]partments [G]came [Em]apart [G]then
Com[C]partments [G]came
apart then
[Em][G]

[Verse 9]
She [C]gathered herself and crept [G]back
to [Em]the truck[G][Em]
[G]Remember[D]ing [C]all of the [G]times
she'd [C]nearly [G]given [Em]up
[G]She had[D] to be twi[C]ce as human[G],
[C]and jus[G]t as tou[Em]gh[G]
[Em]She knew[G] it was neve[C]r enough,
[G]never eno[D]ugh[G]

[Verse 10]
To get this [Bm]truck off my [C]back[G][Em]
Don't know what I expec[Bm]ted,
but [C]that hurt really [Am]bad[D][G]
Where were [Bm]my people a[C]t?[G][Em]
Coiled up like [Bm]a rattlesnake
[C]Waiting [G]to attack
[Am][C][D]

[Verse 11]
[E]Tell the[Em]m your sto[G]ries[C][D]
If you [Em]carry them by yourself
[G]The[C] go[D]rier th[E]e de[Em] tails[G]
the [C]more you walk [D]alone in Hell