Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: A minorAm
this is another good song on acoustic
as with ride on its finger picking through the whole song
Verse 1:
A minorAm G+G
A augmentedA girl cries in the early morning
E minorEm A minorAm
Woken by the sound of a gun
A minorAm G+G
She knows somewhere somebodys dying
E minorEm FF
Beneath the rising sun
C majorC G+G
Outside the window of her cabania
A minorAm E minorEm
The shadows are full of her fears
C majorC G+G
She knows her lover is out there somewhere
A minorAm E minorEm
He's been on the run for a year
Chorus:
FF G+G A minorAm
Oh,the soul of El salvador
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G
Bells ring out on the chapel steeple
E minorEm A minorAm
A augmentedA priest prepares to say mass
A minorAm G+G
The sad congregation come tierd and hungry
E minorEm FF
To pray that the troubles will pass
C majorC G+G
Meanwhile the sun rises over the dusty streets
A minorAm E minorEm
Where his body was found
C majorC G+G
Flies and mosquitoes are drinking from pools of blood
A minorAm E minorEm
Where the crowd gathers round.
Chorus:
FF G+G A minorAm
Oh,the soul of El salvador
Verse:
A minorAm G+G
out on the ranch the rich mans preparing
E minorEm A minorAm
to go for his morning ride
A minorAm G+G
they've saddled his horse out in the corral
E minorEm FF
he walks out full of pride
C majorC G+G
he looks like a cowboy from one of those pictures
A minorAm E minorEm
a president made in the past
C majorC G+G
peasants in rags, they stand back for they know
A minorAm E minorEm
that enrico gallops fast
Chorus:
FF G+G A minorAm
Over the soul of El Salvador.