Tonart: E major•
Verse 1
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Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas
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Grandes when the moon was full
B
No money in his pocket,
E
just a locket of his sister framed in gold
He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster
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called Gallo Del Cielo
B
Then he swam the Rio Grande
A
with that fighter nestled
B
E
Deep beneath his arm.
Verse 2
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El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born
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in heaven so the legends say
B
His wings they had been broken,
he had one eye
E
Rollin' crazy in his head
And he'd fought a hundred fights,
and the legends say
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That one night near El Sueco
B
They'd fought Gallo seven times,
B
E
Left brave roosters dead.
Verse 3
B
I am thinking of you now in San Antonio
F#m
B
F#m
I have 27 dollars and the good
luck of your picture
A
Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting
B
spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
F#m
B
And then I'll return to buy
E
Verse 4
Outside of San Diego,
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in the onion fields of Paco Monteverde
B
The Pride of San Diego lay sleeping
And they laughed when Zaragoza
pulled the one- eyed
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Del Cielo from beneath his coat
B
But they cried when Zaragoza
B
E
Thousand dollar bill.
Verse 5
B
I am thinking of you now in Santa Barbara
F#m
B
I have fifteen hundred dollars
F#m
and the good luck of
B
Your picture framed in gold
A
Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting
B
spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
F#m
B
And then I'll return to buy
Interlude 1
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F#m
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A
B
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Verse 6
E
Now the moon has gone to
hiding and the lantern light
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Spills shadows on a fighting sand
B
Where a wicked black named Zorro faces
E
Gallo del Cielo in the night
But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack
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that runs across his rooster's beak
B
A
And he fears he has lost the fifty thousand
B
E
dollars riding on the fight.
Verse 7
B
I am thinking of you now in Santa Clara
F#m
B
Yes, the money's on the table,
B
Your good luck framed in gold
A
And everything we've dreamed of is
B
riding on the spurs of Del Cielo
F#m
B
I pray that I'll return to buy the land
A
B
Villa stole from father long ago.
E
Verse 8
Then the signal it was given,
and the cocks rose
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Together far above the sand
B
El Gallo del Cielo sunk a gaff into
They were separated quickly
but they rose and fought
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Each other thirty seven times
B
And the le gends say that everyone agreed
A
B
that del Cielo fought the best.
E
Verse 9
Then the screams of Zaragoza
filled the night outside
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The town of Santa Clara
B
As the beak of del Cielo lay broken
E
like a shell within his hand
And they say that Zaragoza
screamed a curse upon the
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Bones of Pancho Villa
B
When Zorro rose up one last
B
E
Cielo through the sand.
Verse 10
I am thinking of you now in
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B
I have no money in my pocket,
B
Your good luck framed in gold
A
I buried it last evening with
the bones of my
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B
And I'll not return to buy
A
the land Villa stole from
B
E
Father long ago.
Verse 11
A
Do the rivers still run muddy
outside of my beloved
Verse 12
F#m
B
Oes the scar upon my brother's
F#m
face turn red when
B
He hears mention of my name?
A
Do the people of El Sueco curse
B
the theft of Gallo del Cielo?
F#m
B
Well, tell my family not to worry,
B
E
To cause them shame.
Outro 1
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