Am G
[Intro]
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[Chorus]
F C
The last Comanche moon was shinin' on me,
G
Bright as day my true love walked the trail from Hell's Midnight,
Am G
I rode the Milky Way,
F
I raced the Wolf the night,
C
The Broken Arrow fell,
G
I staked my life and lost my fortune,
Am
For to save the Mission Belle.
[Interlude]
N.C. Am
Hey-y oh.
[Verse 1]
Am F
I was a cowboy once down on the Rio Grande,
G Am
I rode the ranges for the Broken Arrow brand,
F
I was on guard that fateful night in early June,
G Am G/B
I saw the risin' of the last Comanche moon,
C G
I saw the warriors ride around the river bend,
Dm Am G/B
I give a shout to rouse the boys their home ranch to defend,
C G
They kept us pinned down with a hundred arrows flung,
Dm Am
They come for all our horses, and they left us with just one,
F
I'd locked him with a trace chain to a live oak tree that day,
G Am
My racin' blue roan stallion I called the Milky Way.
[Interlude]
Am
Hey-y oh.
[Verse 2]
Am F
His daddy was a mustang and a famous fightin' stud,
G Am
His mamma was a thoroughbred of pure Kentucky blood,
F
He was worth a fortune of a thousand, maybe more,
G Am G/B C
His winnin's numbered hundreds and his winters numbered four,
G
They raised a cheer back at the Broken Arrow Ranch,
Dm Am G/B C
When I rode the Milky Way into the moonlighted Comanch,
G
I shot my way out through a hundred painted braves,
Dm Am
And struck the trail that led to town my true love for to save,
F
My true love was a barmaid and she worked at Gambler's Hell,
G Am
Her name was Julie Anne but she was called the Mission Belle.
[Interlude]
Am
Hey-y oh.
[Verse 3]
Am F
Julie Anne lived in the ruins of the ancient mission church,
G
That stood a mile from town out,
Am
Where the braves were sure to search,
F
She always walked the trail alone from Hell's Midnight Saloon,
G Am G/B C
And I was bound to save her from the last Comanche moon,
G
Halfway to town and I was crossin' Devil Branch,
Dm Am G/B C
I run onto another raidin' party of Comanch,
G
I recognized a warrior on a blood bay mare,
Dm
I knew his name was Wolf,
Am
They said he'd lifted lots of hair,
Am
We had hoss raced at the fort,
F
He admired my blue roan stud,
G Am G
He come on through the moonlight like a lobo trailin' blood,
[Chorus]
F C
The last Comanche moon was shinin' on me,
G
Bright as day my true love walked the trail from Hell's Midnight,
Am G
I rode the Milky Way,
F
I raced the Wolf the night,
C
The Broken Arrow fell,
G
I staked my life and lost my fortune,
Am
For to save the Mission Belle.
[Interlude]
Am
Hey-y oh.
[Verse 4]
Am F
I shot my pistol dry and dropped it on the road,
G Am
With my saddle bag and cartridge belt to lighten up the load,
Am
But an arrow found old Milky Way,
F
And his wound began to bleed,
G
And the Wolf was on his war horse,
Am G/B C
A fleet Comanche steed,
G
There in the moonlight rose the ancient mission wall,
Dm Am G/B C
The Wolf was right behind me when I heard my true love call,
G
I rode the racehorse of a lifetime to the ground,
Dm Am
I swear it died a runnin' and his likes have not been found,
F
I landed on my shadow and I lay just where I fell,
G Am
The screams of Julie Ann met with the Wolf's Comanche yell.
[Interlude]
Am
Hey-y oh.
[Verse 5]
Am F
I've been called a liar and I've been called a fool,
G Am
'N I've been told Comanches grant no mercy as a rule,
F
But old Wolf he seen me helpless and he seen his chance I know,
G Am G/B C
But he only rode right by me, and he struck me with his bow,
G
He could have killed me but he only counted coup,
Dm Am G/B C
He turned and touched the Milky Way before the ghost had flew,
G
He give a war yell like a wolf burned with a brand,
Dm Am
Then turned and ducked the pistol shot fired by Julie Ann,
F
She helped me right up from the hard spot where I fell,
G Am
The last Comanche moon, the Milky Way, the Mission Belle.
[Interlude]
Am
Hey-y oh.
[Verse 6]
Am N.C. F
It's been sixty years now since I made that fateful ride,
G Am
And it's been twenty winters since I heard the Wolf had died,
F
It's been seven moons now since I lost my Julie Ann,
G Am G/B C
I'm goin' for to join her boys, my time is near at hand,
G
Don't mind my passin' boys, it's time the old man died,
Dm Am G/B C
The Wolf he waits to guide me up the trail o'er the divide,
G
The moon is risin' like it did so long ago,
Dm Am
I see the warriors waitin' on the ridge now, all aglow,
F
Farewell world of trouble here comes Julie Ann,
G Am G
She rides the Milky Way to take me to the promised land.
[Chorus]
F C
The last Comanche moon was shinin' on me,
G
Bright as day my true love walked the trail from Hell's Midnight,
Am G
I rode the Milky Way,
F
I raced the Wolf the night,
C
The Broken Arrow fell,
G
I staked my life and lost my fortune,
Am
For to save the Mission Belle.
[Outro]
Am
Hey-y oh,
Am
Hey-y oh,
Am
Hey-y oh.
