Ballad of Lupe Montosa
Peacemakers
from David Cushman, http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dcushman/guitar.html
Lyrics from "Semifamous," http://www.semifamous.com
Intro:
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G C
Well, they shot poor old Lupe Montosa
G D
They gunned him down about the bootlegger's spring
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They stole his only silver ring
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They wrecked all his distilling things
G D G
And made a widow of his sweet little wife Rosa
G C
They found an old curandero, to bury the mescalero
G D
While his family cried for thirteen nights and days...
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When Lupito asked his momma why his papa had to go and die,
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She said, "Dios works in the most loco of ways"
Interlude: G G C G
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/r/roger-clyne/50544.html ]
G C
So, the Padre tried to settle down, the angry mob that gathered round
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He said, "Let no more tears flow, let's let no more blood spill.
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People don't you take revenge, in time the lord will surely avenge this crime
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For Lupe, and the untimely death of our still."
G C
Well, they shot poor old Lupe Montosa
G D
They gunned him down about the bootlegger's spring
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They stole his only silver ring
C7 A7
They wrecked all his distilling things
G D G
And made a widow of his sweet little wife Rosa
Solo
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G C
When they found the man who shot down poor old Lupe,
G D
You know their lives were just barely a-flicker...
G B7
See they'd all lost their minds,
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Each one was permanently blind,
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With drinking too much of poor Lupe's good liquor
G C
Yeah, they shot down poor Lupe Montosa
G D
They gunned him down about the bootlegger's spring
G B7
They stole his only silver ring
C7 A7
They wrecked all his distilling things
G D G
And made a widow of his sweet little wife Rosa
Outro:
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