Intro: River Watched the down Back at the wagons, right after supper ground And me and night guard And the sweet The prairie silver No chance to{C}night for a stam{D}pede Way over yonder, off in the distance Towards the west Did I see lightnin', did I hear thunder The mind is rest Then all at }ections The clouds roll }weeds Those longhorn restless God help us all, if they stam{D}pede Smell the rain, hear the thunder The midnight death The lightnin' crashes, smell the sulphur It's rank and breath The cattle runnin' I spur my lead And across the yellin' }pede! break: repeat Dust clouds rain falls They mix to{G}gether, turn the air to mud I feel the longhorns brush against me I can feel the blood Then all at stumbles We hit the knees In a flash of comin' Lord I know I'm gonna die in this stam{D}pede Then I awake, and I look a{C}round me I'm in my { ground Over there's the wagon, and there's the campfire I was only sound? And I feel the earth tremble under{D}neath me As the midnight bleed And from the yellin' Hey Stam{D}pede repeat