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| A | /A | |
| He looked/ | down into her blue eyes, and said |
| E7 | |
| "Say a prayer for me". She |
| E7 | |
| Threw her arms around him, whispered |
| E7 | |
| "God will keep us free". |
| A | |
| They could hear the riders comin', He said |
| D | |
| "This is my last | fight...If they |
| A | |
| Take me back to | Texas, they won't |
| E7 | A | |
| Take me back a- | live. |
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| CHORUS A: |
| A | |
| There were seven Spanish angels, at the |
| E7 | |
| altar of the s | un. |
| They were prayin' for the lovers, in the |
| A | |
| valley of the g | un. |
| When the /battle stopped and the smoke cleared, |
| D | |
| there was thunder from the | throne, |
| A | E7 | |
| And seven spanish | angels, took a- | nother |
| A | |
| angel | home. |
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| VERSE 2: |
| A | |
| She reached down and picked the gun up, |
| E7 | |
| that lay smokin in his h | and. |
| She said, "Father please forgive me; |
| A | |
| I can't make it without my | man." |
| And she knew the gun was empty, |
| And she knew she couldn't win, |
| But her final prayer was answered |
| When the rifles fired again. |
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| CHORUS 2: (1/2 step higher): **REPEAT ONCE |
| Bflat |
| (x88766) |
| There were seven Spanish angels, at the |
| F7 | |
| (x8786x) |
| altar of the sun. |
| They were prayin' for the lovers, in the |
| Bflat (x88766) |
| valley of the gun. |
| When the /battle stopped and the smoke cleared, |
| Cm | |
| ( | xx5543) |
| there was thunder from the throne, |
| Bflat F7 (x8786x) |
| And seven spanish angels, took a-nother |
| Bflat (x88766) |
| angel home. |
| kharding@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Karol Harding) |