Matamoros chords by Billy Walker

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In old Mexico I stand on the square in Matamoros
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Round the plaza the couples are walking to music so sweet
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I found my love not too long ago in Matamoros
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But I'm feeling low as the beggar who sits in the street

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Oh the promises that she made with eyes black as midnight
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How could I know how fickle her promise could be
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Now I'm back to find what I feel is mine in Matamoros
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And there?ll be bad trouble if I catch her cheating on me

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Streets are narrow and dark and Tequila runs free in Matamoros
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I stop for one moment outside of Miguel?s swinging door
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My heart breaks to hear the same haunting sound of Grenada
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She once called it our song and vowed she'd be mine evermore

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Then across the square with this wild young Vaquero I see her
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Laughing and dancing and tossing her raven black hair
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Fate may take a hand when I face this man from Matamoros
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For the love of my woman is one thing that I'll never share

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Now I walk in the night far away from the lights of Matamoros
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And recall the last moments when I knew she loved me more than life
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I can still hear her cry I love you and I'll prove it Mañana
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Then seeing my danger she jumped in front of his knife

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I know the stories they'll tell in the dim lit casinos
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Of the raven haired beauty who for her love lay dead on the floor
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They'll speak of the fight with the gringo that night in Matoamoros
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And wonder what happened for he never returned anymore