Warren Zevon – Veracruz (Guitar)

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By Warren Zevon Single notes on E-string: A-G-F-E, on G-string: A; repeat F G

Am      Am/G       F    C
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns

              G    F
I heard Maria crying

Am          Am/G    F         C
Late last night I heard the news

                   G  F
That Veracruz was dying

Am--Am/C G F Veracruz was dy---ing (hold) F C G C

Am      Am/G      F     C
Someone called Maria's name

  G               F
I swear it was my father's voice

        Am      Am/G         F           C
Saying, "If you stay, you'll all be slain

     G                   F
You must leave now, you have no choice

Am       Am/G     F            C
Take the servants and ride west

G                      F
  Keep the child close to your chest 

Am           Am/G   F              C
  When the American troops withdraw

G            F
  Let Zapata take the rest"

(Bass run F-E-D-C-A to...)

Am      Am/G     F           C
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns

              G    F
I heard Maria call-ing

Am   Am/C    G   F
Vera-cruz is dy--ing,

        F    G       C
And Cuerna - vaca's falling" (hold)

      F    G    C
Aquel dia  yo jure (On that day I swore)

         F      G      C
Hacia el puerto volvere, (To the port I will return)

G                    F
Aunque el destino cambio mi vida, (Even though destiny changed my life)

   Dm            G
En Veracruz morire (hold) (In Veracruz I shall die)

      F          G
Aquel dia  yo jure (On that day I swore)

Am      Am/G      F           C
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns

                    G    F
I heard them in the har-bor

(Bass run F-E-D-C-A to...)

       Am     Am/C     G   F
Saying Vera - cruz was dy--ing