Matamoros Chords
by Billy Walker
Matamoros by Billy Walker is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D G
In old Mexico I stand on the square in Matamoros
A7 D
Round the plaza the couples are walking to music so sweet
D G
I found my love not too long ago in Matamoros
A7 D
But I'm feeling low as the beggar who sits in the street
G
Oh the promises that she made with eyes black as midnight
E7 A7
How could I know how fickle her promise could be
D G
Now I'm back to find what I feel is mine in Matamoros
A7 D
And there'll be bad trouble if I catch her cheating on me
D G
Streets are narrow and dark and Tequila runs free in Matamoros
A7 D
I stop for one moment outside of Miguel's swinging door
D G
My heart breaks to hear the same haunting sound of Grenada
A7 D
She once called it our song and vowed she'd be mine evermore
G
Then across the square with this wild young Vaquero I see her
E7 A7
Laughing and dancing and tossing her raven black hair
D G
Fate may take a hand when I face this man from Matamoros
A7 D
For the love of my woman is one thing that I'll never share
D G
Now I walk in the night far away from the lights of Matamoros
A7 D
And recall the last moments when I knew she loved me more than life
D G
I can still hear her cry I love you and I'll prove it Mañana
A7 D
Then seeing my danger she jumped in front of his knife
G
I know the stories they'll tell in the dim lit casinos
E7 A7
Of the raven haired beauty who for her love lay dead on the floor
D G
They'll speak of the fight with the gringo that night in Matoamoros
A7 D
And wonder what happened for he never returned anymore