B            D#m         G#m
And his love will be his vision
          E                  F#
And he'll take you where you stand
             B     D#m          G#m
And will you stand your life by his
             E            F#
And help the boy become a man



                           B                       F#
And he'd be the son of his father his father the teacher
                  B                          E
Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler
        B                  F#                          E       B
For the son of  the son of run of the mill run rotten gambler



B              D#m       G#m             E
Will the devil be getting to you as you look back
                 F#
Over what you've done
                 B   D#m        G#m        E
And what you've done was it for reason or rhyme
                F# 
Was it just for fun
                           B                       F#
And he'd be the son of his father his father the teacher
                  B                          E
Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler



        B                  F#                          E      B
For the son of  the son of run of the mill run rotten gambler
G#m                  E                      F#
Back on the road now you can lose your head
G#m                            E            F#
There ain't no kingdom for the gambling man
G#m                       E
You know the road now and you've made your stand

B       D#m         C#m            G#  
When his eyes shine upon you shine upon you 



                           C#                    G#
And he'd be the son of his father his father the teacher
                  C#                        F#
Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler
        C#                 G#                         F#       C#
For the son of  the son of run of the mill run rotten gambler



Bbm                  F#                      G#
Back on the road now you can lose your head
Bbm                            F#            G#
There ain't no kingdom for the gambling man
Bbm                       F#
You know the road now and you've made your stand
C#       Fm         Ebm            Bb  
When his eyes shine upon you shine upon you 



                           Eb                    Bb
And he'd be the son of his father his father the teacher
                  Eb                        Ab
Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler
        Eb                 Bb                         Ab      Eb
For the son of  the son of run of the mill run rotten gambler


   From Emmylou Harris "Cimarron"
   Blackwood Music/Back Road Music(BE )
   Warner Brothers Records 1981