Gallo Del Cielo Chords by Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Tom Russell

[F] You know Tom Russell Tim, [G] this is the greatest [A#] song ever written _ _ about the [F#] sport of _ cockfighting
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Ziracos left his home in Casas [F#m] Grandes when the moon was full
_ _ He [B] had no money in his pocket just a locket of his sister [E] framed in gold
_ _ _ _ _ _ He headed for El Suego stole a rooster named Gallo [F#m] de Cielo
_ _ _ _ [B] And he crossed the Rio Grande [A] that rooster [G#m] nestled deep beneath [E] his arms
_ _ _ _ Gallo de Cielo was a warrior born in heaven [F#] so the legends say
_ _ _ _ [B] His wings they had been broken he had one eye rolling crazy [E] in his head
_ _ _ _ _ _ Bought a hundred fights and the legends say that one [F#m] night near El Suego
They _ _ _ [B] fought Cielo [A] seven times and seven [B] times he left [E] brave roosters dead
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] All of my priests I'm thinking of you now in [B] San Antonio
_ I _ _ [A] have 27 novels and the good luck of your picture [B] framed in gold
_ [A] _ [G#m] _ [A] _ Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo [B] de _ Cielo
_ _ _ [A] Then I'll return to my land that [B] Pancho [F#m] Villaston from _ [E] Valonzo
_ _ _ _ _ _ Outside of San Diego near the onion fields of Paco [F#m] _
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_ _ _ _ [B] The pride of San Diego lay sleeping on a fancy [E] bed of silk
_ _ _ _ _ They all laughed when Ziracos took a one-eyed Del Cielo [F#m] from beneath his coat
_ _ The [B] day of pride Ziracos [A] walked away [B] with a thousand [E] dollar bill
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] All of my priests I'm thinking of you now in [B] Santa Barbara
_ _ _ _ I [A] have 1500 dollars and the good luck of your picture [B] framed in gold
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ [A] Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo [B] de Cielo
_ _ _ _ [A] Then I'll return to my land that [B] Pancho Villaston from _ [E] Valonzo
_ Down _ _ _ the moon is gonna hide him the lantern light spills shadows [F#m] on the fighting sand
_ _ _ [B] Where a wicked black named Zorro [G#m] faces Del Cielo [E] in the night
_ _ _ _ _ Zorro Ziracos [A] fears a [E] tiny crack that runs [G#] across [F#] his rooster's beak
_ _ _ [B] And he fears that he has lost the [A] fifty thousand [B] dollars [E] riding on by
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] All of my priests I'm thinking of you now in [B] Santa Clara
_ _ _ _ Now [A] all the money's on the table and I'm holding now your good luck [B] framed in gold
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ [A] Everything we've dreamed of is fighting on the spurs of [B] Del Cielo
_ _ _ _ [A] Then I'll return to my land that [B] Pancho Villaston from _ [E] Valonzo
The _ _ _ _ signal it was given and the roosters rose together [F#m] far above the sand
_ _ _ _ [B] Gallo de Cielo sunk a gaffe into [E] Zorro's shining breath
_ _ _ _ _ They were separated quickly they rose and fought each other [F#m] 37 times again
_ _ _ [G#] [Bm] And the legends all agree [A] that Gallo [B] de Cielo [E] he fought the best
_ But _ now the cry of Zorro goes until the night outside the town [F#m] of Santa Clara
_ _ _ _ _ [B] As the beak of Del Cielo lay broken [E] like a shell in his hand
_ They _ _ _ say that Zorro goes to scream the curse upon the bones [F#m] of Pancho Villa
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] As Zorro rose up [A] one more time and drove [B] Del Cielo [E] into the sand
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] All of my priests I'm thinking of you now in [B] San Francisco
_ I _ [A] have no money in my pocket I no longer have your luck [B] framed in gold
_ _ _ [A] Because I made it last evening [D] with [A] the bones of my beloved [B] Del Cielo
_ _ _ _ [A] I will not return [B] to my land that [A] [D] Villaston [E] on the door
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Do the rivers still run muddy outside of my beloved [B] Casa Grande
_ And _ _ [A] does the scarf on my brother's face turn red when he hears mention [B] of my name
_ _ _ [A] Do the people of [D] Oswego [A] still curse the name of Gallo [B] de _ Cielo
_ _ _ [A] Tell my family not to worry [B] I will not [F#m] return to [E] cause him shame
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Hey!
[F#] Moving _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ on from chicken fighting on the tornadoes _ _ _ _ _ _ _