written by Gene Clark & Rick Clark
Performed by Gene Clark and Carla Olson
Gene Clark - vocals/acoustic guitar
Carla Olson - vocals/acoustic guitar
Michael Huey - drums
Roscoe Beck - bass
Tom Junior Morgan - flute
A D A D A
A Bm
My name is Del Gato born close to the border
D A
Of white blood and red blood I came
A Bm
I travel the saddle, I follow the cattle
D A
Down on the range where they graze
E D A
And I just ride in from a hard southwestern drive
E
My lips parched and bloody
D A
My face torn by sand storms and pride
Bm
Royalties riches and inter-bred bitches
D A
Was the brew that I drank as a child
A
So rebellious a lover
Bm
Don Juan as my cover
D A
They die-cast my type called me wild
A E D A
And I just ride in from a hard southwestern drive
E D A
The hanging tree is waiting for me to arrive
SOLO
A Bm
Structured political our children they ridicule
D A
They teach them of sins and to lie
A Bm
Their schools built by fools but by breaking their rules
D A
Like a fox I am forced now to hide
E A A
And I just ride in from a hard southwestern drive
E
My lips parched and bloody
D A
My face torn by sand storms and pride
A Bm
The peppertree spreads taking many men's heads
D A
But the one they would want most is mine
A
To the mission I go
Bm
In San Juan I kneel
D A
And I pray for the love of my life
E A A
And I just ride in from a hard southwestern drive
E D A
The hanging tree is waiting for me to arrive
From the "So Rebellious A Lover" LP
Rhino Records 1987