Intro: C C/G (x4)

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On my way out to the gold mines, crossing the western hills, 
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Me and my little dog, Clyde, and a horse named Prancing Bill, 
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I slept under the stars, I heard the coyotes sing, 
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And the sun was a golden coin shining just for me. 
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The sun shone just for me. 

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But high up in the mountains, Bill began to foam, 
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And as I whipped and tugged him, he bucked against his load, 
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'Round a hairpin turn, the wagon tumbled o'er 
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And down the jagged rocks, Bill fell with all I owned. 
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He fell with all I owned. 

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As the sun died out,   coyotes began to howl 
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Little Clyde's head rose and answered with a growl, 
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But when I bent to call him, he snapped at me and ran, 
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And then I was alone  in the silent rocks and sand. 
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The silent rocks and sand. 

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By my fifth day of walking, I was crawling on my knees, 
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In handfuls of dust   from between the dying weeds. 
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I laid out in the dirt  as the sun lost her glow, 
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But I was welcomed in the dark by the song of a hundred toads. 
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The song of a hundred toads. 
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The song of a hundred toads. 
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The song of a hundred toads. 
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The song of a hundred toads.