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