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El Salvador Christy Moore
A [Am]girl cries in the ear[G]ly morning
[Em]Woken by the sound of a [Am]gun
[Am]She knows somewhere [G]somebody's dying
[Em]Beneath the rising [F]sun
[C]Outside the window [G]of her cabaņa
The [Am]shadows are full of her [Em]fears
[C]She knows her lover is [G]out there somewhere
He's [Am]been on the run for a [Em]year
CHORUS
[F]Oh, the [G]soul of El Salva[Am]dor
Bells ring out in the chapel steeple
A priest prepares to say mass
The sad congregation come tired and hungry
To pray that trouble will pass
Meanwhile the sun rises over the dusty streets
Where his body is found
Flies and mosquitoes are drinking from pools of blood
Where the crowd gathers round.
CHORUS
Out on the ranch the rich man's preparing
To go for his morning ride
They've saddled his horse out in the corral
He walks out full of pride
He looks like a cowboy from one of those pictures
A president made in the past
Peasants in rags, the stand back for they know
That El Rico travels fast
CHORUS
Over the soul of El Salvador.
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