Cortez Sail — Terry Allen
Chords and lyrics for Cortez Sail by Terry Allen (key of C).
Verse 1
[C]See how the [G]rain
[F]Falls from the [C]sky
[C]Drifting [G]down
From your [F]high mountain's [C]eye
But don't look [G7]surprised
You're going [C]home
Chorus 1
Yeah you're [C]leaving L.A
[Dm]On a cloudy day
[Em]Pushing the [G]crowd away
You gonna [F]get away [G]today
An you [C]turn on your [Dm]radio
An' let the wind [Em]blow
With your [G]rock n roll
Down the [F]highway
All the [G]way
Verse 2
Ah but [C]see how, the [G]lightning
Makes [F]cracks in your [C]air
[C]Tearing the [G]clouds
Then [F]closing the [C]tear
Yeah but you're [G7]not surprised
Anymore
You're going [C]home
To [Am]Mexico
Section 2
[Am]Four hundred years [C]ago[D]
[D]Down in [Am]Mexico
[Am]The Spanish [C]galleons drew [Am]near
And the [Am]Aztec warriors [C]watched
From their [D]mountain sides
Yeah the [Am]fear in their eyes
As [C]clear as their end it was [Am]near
Yeah [Am]Cortez he come
With his [C]men and his guns
And a [D]Spanish Christ
Alive on his [Am]lip
But as [Am]soon as he touched ground
Well his [C]men wanted to turn around
So he [D]burned down the turn around [Am]ships
Yeah he [Am]crossed all that water
With his [C]cannon and fodder
If [D]need be to slaughter
For Gods and for [Am]gold
An he [Am]wouldn't let no man
Talk him [C]in to being anything [D]other than
Conquistador [Am]bold
Yeah [Am][C]Pachuco to [D]Paradi-ise [Am](x2)
Verse 3
[C] [G] [F] [C]
Yeah a [C]Colorado [G]rain
Falls on your [F]California [C]glass
[C]Washing away the [G]hardline
From your [F]California [C]past
Ah but you're [G7]not surprised anymore
You're going [C]home
Chorus 2
Cause [C]just out of [Dm]Cortez
Well the [Em]radio man [G]says
That they's a [F]lookin for you
They gonna [G]get you
But your [C]guns on your [Dm]map
And they're [Em]both in your [G]lap
Besides your [F]Chic's with you
So you gonna [G]get through
Verse 4
Yeah [C]see how the lightning
Ah but[F] see how the [C]lightning
Makes[C] cracks in [G]your air
[C]Tearing the [G]clouds
Then [F]closin the [C]tear
Yeah but you're [G7]not surprised anymore
You're going [C]home
To [Am]Paradise
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