Neil Young – Cortez The Killer (Guitar)

        Em
He came dancing across the water

         D
With his galleons and guns

Am7
   Looking for the new world

                        Am7*
And that palace in the sun

       Em
On the shore lay Montezuma

        D
With his coca leaves and pearls

       Am7
In his halls he often wandered

                         Am7*
With the secrets of the world

        Em
And his subjects gathered 'round him

         D
Like the leaves around a tree

         Am7
In their clothes of many colours

                       Am7*
For the angry gods to see

        Em
And the women all were beautiful

        D
And the men stood straight and strong

Am7
   They offered life in sacrifice

                        Am7*
So that others could go on

Em
Hate was just a legend

    D
And war was never known

Am7
   The people worked together

                       Am7*
And they lifted many stones

         Em
And they carried them to the flatlands

         D
But they died along the way

         Am7
And they built up with their bare hands

                         Am7*
What we still can't do today

      Em
And I know she's living there

        D
And she loves me to this day

Am7
  I still can't remember when

                 Am7*
Or how I lost my way

        Em
He came dancing across the water

D
  Cortez, Cortez

Am7              Am7*
   What a killer

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(fade out)