The Last Wild Mustang Performed by Fred Eaglesmith Transcribed By Tom Hamilton Transcribed from Live performance at The Thirsty Armadillo Ft TX 14 Mar 02 CAPO 4th Fret G - C Slow Melodic finger pickin' G C G Well the old man just stared Never once did he lift His eyes to look into mine G C G They were starvin' in Montana The government tried to feed them But they ran out of money and time G C G We could take them for free If we paid the shipping And promised to let them go wild G C G So take a good look son This is the last mustang pony You'll probably see in your life G C G They shipped from the prairies But wound up in Wisconsin Somebody mixed up, the boxcars G C G And two days without water And they went half crazy Before somebody figured out, where they'd gone G C G And a quarantine order At the border for six weeks And all but this single one died G C G So take a good look son Because it's the Last Wild Mustang You'll probably see in your life G C G And the old man crouched down And he took out a seringe And slowly administered the dose G C G And while he gave it the shot Never once did he stop Talking quietly to that young horse G C G And he picked up his head And he put in his lap And he stroked it's mane until it died G C G And the old man just stared Never once did he lift His eyes to look into mine The LAST WILD MUSTANG Fred Eaglesmith