| dmunyon@intprop.com | |
| From: Dean Munyon |
| Sent: Friday, January 09, 1998 12:57 PM |
| From: Dean Munyon * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 | |
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| Gallo Del Cielo, by Tom Russell |
| Written in a garage in Mountain View, CA in 1979 |
| Transcribed by Dean Munyon |
| This version from the "Poor Man's Dream" album. |
| Tom Russell has several different versions of this song on his |
| various albums. This is one is characterized by a very strong |
| alternating bass line. |
| cbord | |
| Each | or "/" indicates one measure. (The "/" means repeat the last- |
| notated chord). |
| Key of F: play in D and capo at third fret |
| G | A | Em | A | G | A | D | |
| Intro: | /// | /// | /// |
| D | |
| Carlos Zara/goza left his /home in Casas /Grandes when |
| Em | |
| the | moon was full/// |
| A | |
| No | money in his /pocket, just a /locket of his /sister |
| D | |
| framed in | gold/// |
| He /rode into El /Sueco, stole a /rooster called /Gallo |
| Em | |
| Del Ci | elo/// |
| A | G | |
| Then he | swam the Rio /Grande with that | fighter nestled |
| A | D | |
| deep beneath his | arm./// |
| D | |
| El | Gallo Del Ci/elo was a /rooster born in /heaven so the |
| Em | |
| legends say/// |
| A | |
| His | wings they had been /broken, he had /one eye |
| D | |
| rollin' /crazy in his | head/// |
| And he'd /fought a hundred fights, /and the /legends say |
| Em | |
| that /one night near El | Sueco/// |
| A | G | |
| They'd | fought Gallo /seven times, and | seven times he'd |
| A | D | |
| left brave roosters | dead./ |
| G | |
| Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in San |
| A | |
| An | tonio/// |
| Em | A | Em | |
| I have | 27 | dollars and the | good luck of your /picture |
| A | |
| framed in | gold/ |
| G | |
| Tonight I'll put it /all on the /fighting spurs of /Gallo |
| A | |
| Del Ci | elo/// |
| Em | A | G | |
| And then | I'll return to | buy the land | Villa stole |
| A | D | |
| from | father long | ago./// |
| D | |
| Out | side of San Di/ego, in the /onion fields of /Paco |
| Em | |
| Monte | verde/// |
| A | |
| The | Pride of San Di/ego lay /sleeping on a /fancy bed of |
| D | |
| silk/// |
| And they /laughed when Zara/goza pulled the /one-eyed |
| Em | |
| del Ci/elo from | beneath his coat/// |
| A | G | |
| But they | cried when Zara/goza walked a | way with a |
| A | D | |
| thousand dollar | bill./ |
| G | |
| Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in |
| A | |
| Santa | Barbara/// |
| Em | A | Em | |
| I have | fifteen hundred | dollars and the | good luck of |
| A | |
| your /picture framed in | gold/ |
| G | |
| Tonight I'll /put it all on the /fighting spurs of /Gallo |
| A | |
| Del Ci | elo/// |
| Em | A | G | |
| And then | I'll return to | buy the land | Villa stole |
| A | D | |
| from | father long | ago./// |
| D | |
| Now the | moon has gone to /hiding and the /lantern light |
| Em | |
| spills /shadows on a | fighting sand/// |
| A | |
| Where a | wicked black named /Zorro faces /Gallo del Ci/elo |
| D | |
| in the | night/// |
| But /Carlos Zara/goza fears the /tiny crack that /runs |
| Em | |
| across his | rooster's beak/// |
| A | G | |
| And he | fears he has /lost the fifty | thousand dollars |
| A | D | |
| riding on the | fight./ |
| G | |
| Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in |
| A | |
| Santa | Clara/// |
| Em | A | Em | |
| Yes, the | money's on the | table, I am | holding to |
| A | |
| your /good luck framed in | gold/ |
| G | |
| And | everything we've /dreamed of is /riding on the /spurs |
| A | |
| of Del Ci | elo/// |
| Em | A | G | |
| I pray that | I'll return to | buy the land | Villa stole |
| A | D | |
| from | father long | ago./// |
| D | |
| Then the | signal it was /given, and the /cocks rose |
| Em | |
| to/gether far | above the sand/// |
| A | |
| El | Gallo del Ci/elo sunk a /gaff into /Zorro's shiny |
| D | |
| breast/// |
| They were /separated /quickly but they /rose and fought |
| Em | |
| each /other thirty | seven times/// |
| A | G | |
| And the | legends say that /everyone | agreed that del |
| A | D | |
| Ci | elo fought the | best./// |
| D | |
| Then the | screams of Zara/goza filled the /night outside |
| Em | |
| the /town of Santa | Clara/// |
| A | |
| As the | beak of del Ci/elo lay /broken like a /shell within |
| D | |
| his | hand/// |
| And they /say that Zara/goza screamed a /curse upon the |
| Em | |
| /bones of Pancho | Villa/// |
| A | G | |
| When | Zorro rose up /one last time and | drove del |
| A | D | |
| Ci | elo through the | sand./ |
| G | |
| Hola, my The/resa, I am /thinking of you /now in |
| A | |
| San Fran | cisco/// |
| Em | A | Em | |
| I have no | money in my | pocket, I no | longer have |
| A | |
| your /good luck framed in | gold/ |
| G | |
| I | buried it last /evening with the /bones of my |
| A | |
| /beloved Del Ci | elo/// |
| Em | A | G | |
| And I'll | not return to | buy the land | Villa stole from |
| A | D | |
| father long | ago./ |
| G | |
| Do the | rivers still run /muddy out/side of my /beloved |
| A | |
| Casas | Grandes?/// |
| Em | A | Em | |
| oes the | scar upon my | brother's face turn | red when |
| A | |
| he hears /mention of my | name?/ |
| G | |
| Do the | people of El /Sueco /curse the theft of /Gallo |
| A | |
| del Ci | elo?/// |
| Em | A | G | A | |
| Well, | tell my family | not to worry, | I will not | return |
| D | |
| to cause them | shame./ |
| G | A | Em | A | G | A | D | |
| Outro: | /// | /// | /// |
| Enjoy! |
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