Caballo Diablo Charlie Daniels Am G F E Wild as a coastal barranca, swift as the wind blowing free With two eyes like fire brands that glow in the night Somewhere up there he's waiting for me And he knows that I'm coming for him, And I just can't rest 'til I find That raven black stallion that wears no man's brand With a wild restless spirit like mine Chorus: They call him caballo diablo, Half horse half devil they say Caballo diablo, the outlaw Up atop the Sierra Madre Two men before tried to take him, they had their chance one by one But each met his fate when those flashing black hooves Brought death 'neath the Mexican sun Still I can't leave, I must find him, you fool of a horse can't you see? I may be half man, but the other half's devil, And you're just exactly like me Chorus: Even the breeze has stopped moving all hush now, be still, Don't make a sound stay close to the ground 'Cause he's waiting just over that hill Down wind behind him move quickly, do it fast now, he's starting to stir Grab a handful of mane, then up on to his back, And start raking him down with my spurs Instrumental But try as he will he can't shake me as over the precipice we go To shed the life blood of a horse and a man on the rocky sierra below Chorus: