Chords for Matamoros - Billy Walker

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In old Mexico I stand on the [G] square in _ _ Matamoros
[A] Round the plaza the couples are walking to music [D] so sweet
_ I _ found my love not too long ago [G] in _ _ Matamoros
[A] But I'm feeling low as the beggar who sits [D] in the street
All [G] the promises that she made me with eyes black as midnight _ _
_ [E] How could I know how big my [A] promise could be? _ _
[D] Now I'm back to find what I feel is [G] mine in _ Matamoros _
[A] And there'll be bad trouble if I catch her cheating [D] on me _ _
Streets are narrow and dark and tequila runs free [G] in Matamoros _
I [A] stop for one moment outside of [D] Miguel's swinging door
My _ heart breaks to hear the same haunting sounds of [G] Granada _ _
[A] She once called it our song and vowed she'd be mine [D] _ evermore _ _
[G] Then across the square with Miss Walliams the carol I see her _
[E] Laughing and dancing and tossing her [A] raven black hair _ _
[D] Fate may take a hand when I face this [G] man from _ _ Matamoros
[A] For the love of my woman is one thing that [D] I'll never share _ _ _
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Now I walk in the night far away from the lights [G] of Matamoros _ _
[A] And recall the last moments when I knew she loved me more [D] than life
I _ can still hear her cry I love you and I'll prove it [G] mañana _ _
Then [A] seeing my danger she jumped in front of [D] his knife _ _
I [G] know the stories they'll tell in the dim lit _ casinos _
[E] Of the raven-haired beauty who for her love lay dead on [A] the _ _ _ _
[D] They'll speak of the fight with the gringo that [G] night in _ Matamoros _
And [A] wonder what happened for he never [D] returned anymore
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