Intro: Am
verse 1
Am E7
Pistolero Pistolero, where do you ride
E7 Am
Pistolero Pistolero, you ride alone tonight
Am Dm Am E7
One of brothers five one day vowed to try to make his way
E7 E7 | Am | % |
Joined the cattle drive to Mexico
Am Dm
Threw in with some bandidos
Am E7
Yeah, he learned their lingo
E7 E7 Am
Killed the man they call him ... Pistolero
F G C
Five thousand pesos they put on your head
F G C E
Five thousand pesos to get you alive ... or dead
E7
Ride on ride hard in vaquero,
E7
Fast as you can to her side
E7 E7
Ah, but por mucho dinero
G G
El noveno por nada
F E
Ha-ave died
verse 2
Am E7
Pistolero Pistolero, where do you roam?
E7 Am
Pistolero Pistolero, on your way home
Am Dm Am E7
Every night, a candle burns, waiting there for your return
E7 | Am | % |
The candle is out ... Pistolero
Am Dm
I see the cabin down below
Am E7
Pistolero let her go
E7 E7 Am
Tonight you're mine ... Pistolero
F G C
Five thousand pesos they put on your head
F G C E
Five thousand pesos to get you alive ... or dead
E7 E7
Ah Pistolero look around you, your sun has set in the sky
E7
Oh Pistolero I found you
G G E
Kiss Maria tell Maria ... goo-oodbye
Coda
Am E7
Pistolero Pistolero ... lay your head down
E7 E7
Pistolero Pistolero
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Six feet underground Mmmmh