Chords for La Primera

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ It was a [C] long, hard voyage to the Americas _ in [Am] _ _ 1493. _ _
_ _ [C] I was afraid that I would die of [Gm] thirst. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ The little mare beside me died [Am] and was put into [C] the sea, but I [G] survived.
I swam to shore.
I am [Am] lovely man. _ _ _ _
_ [C] When Cortez sailed from Mexico, _ from [Am] that island in the sun, _ _
_ _ [C] the 16 of us, _ sorrows, blacks [Gm] and bays, _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] one of them was my _ firstborn.
He [Am] was called the Coyote [C] Dunn.
He [G] survived.
He conquered all of Mexico.
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_ _ I am a drinker of the wind.
_ _ I am the one who never tires.
_ _ I love my freedom more [F] than all these things.
_ _ The [C] conquistador Comanche [Am] and the cowboy, I carry them [F] to glory.
_ _ _ _ La [C] Primera, _ [G] Spanish Mustang, hear [Am] my story.
_ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ Those [C] Comanches were holy terrors _ when [Am] they climbed upon our backs.
_ When [C] the grass was high, they would raid for a [Gm] thousand miles.
_ _ _ _ [C] But [F] the Texans had revolvers.
When [Am] they came back from the [C] war, the buffalo [G] had gone away.
The Comanche moon [Am] was waning.
_ _ [B] _ _ So [D] it's come along, boys, and listen to my tale.
[Bm] We're following the long-hauled cow.
_ _ [D] Going up Mr.
_ Goodnight's trail, you [Am] see. _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] Those cowboys were kind to us.
_ [Bm] We listened to their [D] sad songs all [A] day.
To the far _ [Bm] Saskatchewan. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I am a drinker of the wind.
_ _ I am the one who never tires.
_ _ I love my freedom [G] more than all these things. _
_ [D] The conquistador Comanche [Bm] and the cowboy, I carry [G] them to glory. _ _ _ _
_ [D] La Primera, _ [A] Spanish Mustang, _ [Bm] hear my story. _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ High in the prior mountains, _ [Bm] in the first light of dawn, _ _
_ [D] a coyote dun walks beneath the morning star.
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_ _ [G] And he became an outlaw, _ [Bm] and his blood was [D] watered some.
But the flame [A] still burns into the new _ [Bm] millennium. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I am a drinker of the wind.
_ _ I am the one who never tires.
_ I love my freedom [G] more than all these things.
_ _ [D] The conquistador Comanche [Bm] and the cowboy, I carry [G] them to glory.
_ _ _ I am [D] La Primera, _ [A] Spanish Mustang, _ [Bm] hear my story.
_ La _ _ [D] Primera, _ [A] Spanish Mustang, _ [Bm] hear my story. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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