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Song: Road Agents Lament
Album: Occupational Hazards
 Am-  C-  G-   Dx2
AmLet me tell you a story that's Csad but it's true
AGbout easy money and the Dthings men will do
For the Amgold in the river that Cwinds below town
They'll Grob and they'll shoot a poor Etraveler Amdown
Oh the Amroad agent's hands have been Cstained with the blood
Of the Ginnocent miner who Dtoils in the mud
While he Amworks in the placer fields, Cchilled to the bone
Then Gshot down and robbed as he's Eon his way Amhome
And the Dwind whispers softly as it Ammoves through the sage
If you Dlisten you can still the Esussou--E-nd
Of a Amlow  mournful murmur, the Cghosts of the men
That the Groad agents Eleft on the Amground
In the spring back in '63, making my way
Through the Idaho country*, I happened to stray
Across two desperados, Bill Graves & Dutch John
And joining those outlaws is where I went wrong
We held up the mail coach to Salt Lake one day
And left two men dying as we rode away
O the murderous deeds that were wrought by the hands
Of the cut throats and thieves of the road agent band
And the wind whispers softly as it moves through the sage
If you listen you can still the sound
Of a low  mournful murmur, the ghosts of the men
That the road agents left on the ground
We knew when a man and his money left town
Then we'd lighten his load before cutting him down
And with outlaws like Plummer, Stinson, and Ives
The men in the gold camps all feared for their lives
And the wind whispers softly as it moves through the sage
If you listen you can still the sound
Of a low  mournful murmur, the ghosts of the men
That the road agents left on the ground
It was just after Christmas, and 20 below
When a lynch mob of miners hauled me out in the snow
They tried me right there and the verdict came down
I was hung by the neck on the North edge of town.

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Road Agents Lament

by Growling Old Men

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Esus

Song: Road Agents Lament

Album: Occupational Hazards

Am C G D

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Am C

Let me tell you a story that's sad but it's true

G D

About easy money and the things men will do

Am C

For the gold in the river that winds below town

G E Am

They'll rob and they'll shoot a poor traveler down

Am C

Oh the road agent's hands have been stained with the blood

G D

Of the innocent miner who toils in the mud

Am C

While he works in the placer fields, chilled to the bone

G E Am

Then shot down and robbed as he's on his way home

D Am

And the wind whispers softly as it moves through the sage

D Esus E

If you listen you can still the sou---nd

Am C

Of a low mournful murmur, the ghosts of the men

G E Am

That the road agents left on the ground

In the spring back in '63, making my way

Through the Idaho country*, I happened to stray

Across two desperados, Bill Graves & Dutch John

And joining those outlaws is where I went wrong

We held up the mail coach to Salt Lake one day

And left two men dying as we rode away

O the murderous deeds that were wrought by the hands

Of the cut throats and thieves of the road agent band

And the wind whispers softly as it moves through the sage

If you listen you can still the sound

Of a low mournful murmur, the ghosts of the men

That the road agents left on the ground

We knew when a man and his money left town

Then we'd lighten his load before cutting him down

And with outlaws like Plummer, Stinson, and Ives

The men in the gold camps all feared for their lives

And the wind whispers softly as it moves through the sage

If you listen you can still the sound

Of a low mournful murmur, the ghosts of the men

That the road agents left on the ground

It was just after Christmas, and 20 below

When a lynch mob of miners hauled me out in the snow

They tried me right there and the verdict came down

I was hung by the neck on the North edge of town.

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