Pistolero chords by Roy Orbison

Intro: Am

verse 1

     Am                           E7
Pistolero Pistolero, where do you ride
     E7                               Am
Pistolero Pistolero, you ride alone tonight
Am              Dm           Am              E7
One of brothers five one day vowed to try to make his way
E7                E7          | Am | % |
Joined the cattle drive to Mexico
Am                    Dm
Threw in with some bandidos
Am                     E7
Yeah, he learned their lingo
E7                            E7      Am
Killed the man they call him ... Pistolero

F             G          C
Five thousand pesos they put on your head
F             G        C                    E
Five thousand pesos to get you alive ... or dead
E7
Ride on ride hard in vaquero,
E7
Fast as you can to her side
E7                  E7
Ah, but por mucho dinero
     G        G
El noveno por nada
F         E
   Ha-ave died


verse 2

     Am                           E7
Pistolero Pistolero, where do you roam?
     E7                          Am
Pistolero Pistolero, on your way home
Am             Dm            Am                E7
Every night, a candle burns, waiting there for your return
    E7                    | Am | % |
The candle is out ... Pistolero
Am              Dm
I see the cabin down below
Am         E7
 Pistolero let her go
E7                   E7      Am
Tonight you're mine ... Pistolero


F             G          C
Five thousand pesos they put on your head
F             G        C                    E
Five thousand pesos to get you alive ... or dead
E7                            E7
Ah Pistolero look around you, your sun has set in the sky
E7
Oh Pistolero I found you
       G               G         E
Kiss Maria tell Maria ... goo-oodbye


Coda
     Am                               E7
Pistolero Pistolero ... lay your head down
     E7                E7
Pistolero Pistolero
E *      E7 * | Am | % | A |  A
Six feet underground    Mmmmh