Bullets of Mexico Akkorde von 
Phil Ochs 
N/A3 Aufrufe
Key: G# minor•
Intro 1
G#m
F#
G#m
E
D#
G#m
F#
E
D#
G#m
Verse 1
G#m
The peons
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E
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G#m
of Mexico long have known suffer ing and pain.
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E
Zapata and Vil la have died there,
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G#m
fight ing in vain.
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Rube'n Jaramillo kep t up the tradition,
E
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he fought for the land once again.
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F#
He lived for the land,
E
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G#m
and there on the land he was slain.
Verse 2
G#m
F#
A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
E
D#
of a man who had lived by the gun,
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F#
E
but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un do
D#
all the work that he's done.
G#m
Verse 3
F#
E
The greedy capiques* have stolen
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G#m
and plundered the land,
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E
With pistoleros they ruled
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G#m
with a cold iron hand.
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The poor campesinos could stand it no longer,
E
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G#m
res istance was starting to grow.
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E
Jaramillo decided to fight
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for a new Mexico.
Verse 4
G#m
F#
A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
E
D#
of a man who had lived by the gun,
G#m
F#
but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un
E
D#
do all the work that he's done.
G#m
Verse 5
E
F#
G#m
For twenty long years he fought and he struggled and tried,
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G#m
Epifania, his wife,
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G#m
always there at his side.
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Often surrounded, he always was hounded,
E
they searched for him
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near, far, and wide:
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F#
A man of deep sorrow,
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G#m
but also a man of deep pride.
Verse 6
G#m
F#
A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
E
D#
of a man who had lived by the gun,
G#m
F#
but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un
E
D#
do all the work that he's done.
G#m
Verse 7
G#m
F#
E
Two thou sand peasants he led
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to their long-promised land,
G#m
land,
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and the army's revenge killed the
E
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G#m
wife an d the sons and the man.
F#
His assasins rejoiced with their whiskey and women,
E
they laughed and
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they danced on his grave.
G#m
F#
E
Now the land waits again for an other
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to ride on the waves.
G#m
Verse 8
G#m
F#
A forty-five bullet bullet has ended the life
E
D#
of a man who had lived by the gun,
G#m
F#
but all of the bullets of Mexico cannot un
E
D#
do all the work that he's done.
Outro 1
G#m
F#
E
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