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Cortez The Killer (performed acoustic)
by Neil Young
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Transcribed by Soenen Martijn (martijnsoenen@hotmail.com) 20:01 18/02/2001
NOTES: This is a simple chord transcription of this beautiful song.
I putted the hammer-on things in the chord progression in tabs
so you have an idea of how you can play the chords changes.
CHORDS used in this song:
EADGBD
Em7 x22030
D x00230
Am7 x02010
Am7+5th x02030
INTRO:
E |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
B |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G |--4h5/7-7-4-7-4-|-4h5/7-7-2-2/4-|-4h5-5-4-5/7-7-|4-4h5-5-4-5/7/9-|
D |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
E |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Em7 D Am7 Am7+5th
(D)|----------0-0-----0-0---0-0----------------|
B |--3-3-----3-3-----0h1---1h3------------------|
G |--0-0-----0h2-----0-0---0-0-2----------------|
D |--0h2-----0-0-----2-2---2-2-0----------------|
A |--2-2-------------0-0---0-0------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------|
Em7
He came dancing across the water
D
With his galleons and guns
Am7 Am7+5th
Looking for the new world
Am7 Am7+5th
In that palace in the sun
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wandered
With the secrets of the worlds.
And his subjects gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colours
For the angry gods to see.
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones
They carried them to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up with their bare hands
What we still can't do today.
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way.
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer.
