Chords for Terry Allen - Cortez Sail (Official Audio)

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_ _ _ See _
_ _ _ [Am] how [C] the rain _ [F] falls [C] from the sky, _ _ _ _ _
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drifting _ [C] down [F] from your high [C] mountain's eye, but don't
[G] look surprised, [G] _ _ _ _
you're [C] going home. _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, you're leaving L [Em].A. on a cloudy [A] day, pushing the [G] crowd away, you're [F] gonna get away today.
_ _ [G]
And _ _ _ [C] you turn on your [Em] radio and let the wind [A]
blow with [G] you, rock and roll [F] down the highway, _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] all the way. _
_ _ _ _ [C] I'll see how the lightning [F] makes cracks in [C] your hair, _ _
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[F] tearing [C] the clouds [F] and closing [C] the tear.
Yeah, [G] but you're not surprised anymore, _ _ _ _ _ _ you're [C] going home.
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Yeah, [A] Mexico, _ _ _
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_ _ yeah, four hundred years [C] ago, _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ down in [A] Mexico, _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ the Spanish [C] and _ Galileans
drew near, [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ and the Aztec warriors [C] watched _ _ [D] from the _ _ mountainside, _ _ and the [A] fear in their
eyes, as [C] clear as their end, [A] it was near.
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And [A] Cortes, he come with his [C] men and his guns, and [D] the Spanish, _ Christ alive on [A] his lips. _ _ _
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[A] And as soon as he touched ground, [C] well, the men wanted to turn around, [D] but he burned down
the turnaround ship.
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_ _ [A] And he crossed all that water [C] with a cannon and fodder, [D] if need be to slaughter for gods
and for [A] gold.
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_ [E] _ But he wouldn't let no man, [C] talky man, to be in anything [D] other _ than _ conquistador, [A] boy.
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Yeah, but you're cool _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] in a _ paradise. _ _ _
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Yeah, but you're cool _
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in a [A] _ paradise. _ _
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_ _ [F] Yeah, the Colorado [C] rain falls on [F] your [C] California glass, _ _ _ _
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washing [C] away the hard line [F] from your _ [C] California past.
But [G] you're not surprised anymore, _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ you're [C] going home. _ _ _ _ _
Cause you're just out of [Em] Cortes, and well, the [A] radio [G] man says that [F] they're looking for
you, _ _ _ they're going [G] to get you.
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But [C] your guns on your mouth, [Em]
and they're [A] both in your lap, besides your [F] cheeks with you. _ _
_ So, _ you're going to get through. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'll [C] see how lightning [F] makes cracks in [C] your hair, _ _
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_ _ [F] tearing [C] the clouds [F] and closing [C] the tear.
Yeah, but [G] you're not surprised anymore, _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
you're [C] going home.
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Yeah, [A] paradise. _ _
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