Farewell Francisco Madero chords by Norman Blake

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
A minorAm        FF   C majorC
In the ghettos of Mexico City
      Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC     G+G
Beyond the rose-colored palace of Cortez
    A minorAm    FF      C majorC
No one dared to walk in the dark streets
     Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G E MajorE AbAb A minorAm
In the reign of Porfirio Diaz

Verse 2:
A minorAm     FF      C majorC
By '86 the mines were exhausted
  Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC     G+G
no longer their silver did flow
    A minorAm      FF      C majorC
Towns slumbered and slept in the 10th year
      Fmaj7Fmaj7    G+G E MajorE AbAb A minorAm
Of what was known as the Porfiriato


Verse 3:
A minorAm         FF     C majorC
From the north came Francisco Madero
  Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC      G+G
To oppose the dictatorship at last
    A minorAm     FF        C majorC
He was jailed but escaped to San Antonio
      Fmaj7Fmaj7     G+G      E MajorE AbAb A minorAm
But marched back with his men through Eagle Pass


Chorus:
A minorAm      FF    C majorC
Farewell, Francisco Madero
   Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC        G+G
Your like again no longer will be seen
    A minorAm   FF     C majorC
Gunned down by General Huerta
  Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G  E MajorE  AbAb A minorAm
In nineteen hundred thirteen


Verse 4:
A minorAm       FF    C majorC
Maderistas not winning elections
    Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC     G+G
Against Diaz took up their guns
    A minorAm    FF      C majorC
In the year of our Lord nineteen ten
   Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G   E MajorE  AbAb A minorAm
Mexico's revolution had begun

Verse 5:
A minorAm           FF       C majorC
From the north came the bandit Poncho Villa
 Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC        G+G
A augmentedA warrior who knew how to fight
     A minorAm     FF     C majorC
From the south, the fearless Zapata
  Fmaj7Fmaj7    G+G E MajorE AbAb A minorAm
To ride for the Army of Right


Verse 6:
A minorAm          FF        C majorC
And the next year, in nineteen hundred eleven
 Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC      G+G
Diez to France fled away
    A minorAm    FF       C majorC
Maderistas they sought a constitution
  Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G   E MajorE AbAb A minorAm
For six long years and a day


Chorus:
A minorAm      FF    C majorC
Farewell, Francisco Madero
   Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC        G+G
Your like again no longer will be seen
    A minorAm   FF     C majorC
Gunned down by General Huerta
  Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G  E MajorE  AbAb A minorAm
In nineteen hundred thirteen


C majorC pattern while strumming between line 1 and 2, and line 3 and 4 of verses.
  C majorC         Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC       G+G        A minorAm
      Beyond the rose-coloured Palace Of Cortez   No one dared
e--0---0--------------0-------------0-------------3---------------0--|
B--1---1--------------1-------------1-------------0---------------1--|
G--0---0--------------2-------------0-------------0---------------2--|
D--2-0--0h2-------2---3-------------2-------------0---------------2--|
A--3---------3----------------------3------2--0---2--------------0---|
E-------------------------------------------------3-------3--4-------|

Line 4 of verse
  Fmaj7Fmaj7    G+G  E MajorE AbAb A minorAm      A minorAm
  reign of Porfirio Diaz
e--0-----------3--------0-------------0--|
B--1-----------0--------1-------------1--|
G--2-------2---0-0-1-4--2-------------2--|
D--3-----3-----0--------2-------------2--|
A--------------2-2-2----0------------0---|
E--------------3-----4--------0-2-3-4----|

Line 2 of Chorus
    G+G            A minorAm
will be seen
e----------------------------------------0--|
B----------------0-3---0-----------------1--|
G--------------1---------1---------------2--|
D----------0-3---------------2-0---------2--|
A-3-2-0---2-----------------------3-2-0--0--|
E-------3-----------------------------------|


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