Chords with lyrics
B minorBm G+G
From the broken hills of Mexico
A augmentedA B minorBm
We took the horses we stole
B minorBm G+G
To Sonora and the California mines
A augmentedA B minorBm
Where you gringos dig for gold
G+G B minorBm
Even north to the Oregon line
G+G B minorBm
The story is the same
G+G D MajorD B minorBm
All your women they tremble in fear
G+G F#F# 7 B minorBm
At the mention of my name
B minorBm G+G
I rob the miner on the Coulterville Road
A augmentedA B minorBm
I leave his blood on the ground
B minorBm G+G
Like mist through oak and digger pine
A augmentedA B minorBm
I move without a sound
G+G B minorBm
Your finest horses belong to me
G+G B minorBm
I take them as I please
G+G
G+G D MajorD B minorBm
I line my pockets with your gold
G+G F#F#
And I am gone with the midnight breeze
B minorBm
I am the bandit Joaquin
F#7F#7
I live in the wild with the bear and wolverine
G+G B minorBm
Over hill and valley I fly as in a dream
G+G F#7F#7 B minorBm
I am the ghost I am the fox I am the bandit Joaquin
B minorBm G+G
There is no use to wonder why
A augmentedA B minorBm
My reasons are my own
B minorBm G+G
The hatred I feel for the Anglo blood
A augmentedA B minorBm
Lies deep within my bones
G+G B minorBm
My segundo is Three Finger Jack
G+G B minorBm
He cuts off the Chinaman's ears
G+G D MajorD B minorBm
And wears them like a necklace around his throat
G+G F#7F#7 B minorBm
He's a man who knows no fear
B minorBm G+G
The fools up there who make your laws
A augmentedA B minorBm
They are lawyers, they are thieves
B minorBm G+G
They want a devil that they can blame
A augmentedA B minorBm
And Joaquin is what they need
G+G B minorBm
So I'm the ghost of El Dorado
G+G B minorBm
but the blame is on their heads
G+G D MajorD B minorBm
At night when hoof beats shake they ground
G+G F#F#
They tremble in their beds
B minorBm
I am the bandit Joaquin
F#7F#7
I live in the wild with the bear and wolverine
G+G B minorBm
Over hill and valley I fly as in a dream
G+G F#7F#7 B minorBm
I am the ghost I am the fox I am the bandit Joaquin
G+G B minorBm
Captain Love and his ranger band
G+G B minorBm
They said they took my head
G+G B minorBm
The fools rode into a stranger's camp
G+G F#F#
And they left the wrong man dead
G+G B minorBm
Others say I never was
G+G B minorBm
I am a dream of what could be
G+G A augmentedA B minorBm
But even if I had never lived
G+G F#7F#7
You would have invented me
B minorBm
I am the bandit Joaquin
F#7F#7
I live in the wild with the bear and wolverine
G+G B minorBm
Over hill and valley I fly as in a dream
G+G F#7F#7 B minorBm
I am the ghost I am the fox I am the bandit Joaquin