El Norte chords by Robin Cock

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: B

Intro:

G#m7     A     E     B
G#m7     C#m7     A     B

Verse:
G#m7        A                 B
     It's a million miles, a giant place
G#m7        A                    B
     Like a work of art, amazing, amazing
G#m7                   A                  B
     Fast cars that cannot move die for a parking space
G#m7            A                     B
     Stuck on a carousel, crazy, it's crazy
         C#m7
     When you laugh
E             G#m7
     till you cry
B             C#m7      E
     When you laugh

Refrain:
B                       C#m7
     All's well here in El Norte
A                                B
     Who'd have thought it could be like this
                     C#m
     Big money for a job well done
A               B
     I swear to you
G#m7                     C#m7
     I got a ride from a coyote
A                       B
     Sell's high on the black market
             B
     So your loved one
E           Cm   B
     can be home soon
             G#m7  C#m
     So your loved one
A                B
     can be home soon


Verse:
G#m7                 A                            B
     Fine women with dress-up clothes, say and do anything
G#m7            A                         B
     Wake up to work the day, tousled and tangled
G#m7                        A                        B
     Rub shoulders with the downtown gang, where the Virgin lives
G#m7             A                       B
     Just like a movie star, hopeful and graceful
              C#m7
     When she smiles
E             G#m
     till you laugh
B             C#m7     E
     Till you cry


Refrain:
B                       C#m7
     All's well here in El Norte
A                                B
     Who'd have thought it could be like this
                     C#m
     Big money for a job well done
A               B
     I swear to you
G#m7                     C#m7
     I got a ride from a coyote
A                       B
     Sell's high on the black market
B                  F#m7
     So your loved one
E        C#m     B
     can be home soon
B            G#m   B
     So your loved one
A                 B

Bridge:
     F#                  E
     Maybe I don't understand it
G#m7               F#
     Maybe I won't try
                G#m            E
     But nobody seems too satisfied  (Ohhhh yeaaah)

Solo:
B     C#m     A     B
B     C#m     A     B

G#m7                    C#m
     All's well here in El Norte
A                                B
     Who'd have thought it could be like this

[Bridge to End}
B     F#m     E     B

End:
B                  C#m7
     So your loved one
A                B
     can be home soon
             G#m7  C#m   G#m
     So your loved one
A           B
     can be home, can be home soon

Instrumental Out:
G#m7     A          B
G#m7     A          B

Begin to fade out:
G#m7     A          B
G#m7     A          B