Tom: Am
Am F C
In the ghettos of Mexico City
Fmaj7 C G
Beyond the rose-colored palace of Cortez
Am F C
No one dared to walk in the dark streets
Fmaj7 G E Ab Am
In the reign of Porfirio Diaz
[Verse 2]
Am F C
By '86 the mines were exhausted
Fmaj7 C G
no longer their silver did flow
Am F C
Towns slumbered and slept in the 10th year
Fmaj7 G E Ab Am
Of what was known as the Porfiriato
[Verse 3]
Am F C
From the north came Francisco Madero
Fmaj7 C G
To oppose the dictatorship at last
Am F C
He was jailed but escaped to San Antonio
Fmaj7 G E Ab Am
But marched back with his men through Eagle Pass
[Chorus]
Am F C
Farewell, Francisco Madero
Fmaj7 C G
Your like again no longer will be seen
Am F C
Gunned down by General Huerta
Fmaj7 G E Ab Am
In nineteen hundred thirteen
[Verse 4]
Am F C
Maderistas not winning elections
Fmaj7 C G
Against Diaz took up their guns
Am F C
In the year of our Lord nineteen ten
Fmaj7 G E Ab Am
Mexico's revolution had begun
[Verse 5]
Am F C
From the north came the bandit Poncho Villa
Fmaj7 C G
A warrior who knew how to fight
Am F C
From the south, the fearless Zapata
Fmaj7 G E Ab Am
To ride for the Army of Right
[Verse 6]
Am F C
And the next year, in nineteen hundred eleven
Fmaj7 C G
Diez to France fled away
Am F C
Maderistas they sought a constitution
Fmaj7 G E Ab Am
For six long years and a day
[Chorus]
Am F C
Farewell, Francisco Madero
Fmaj7 C G
Your like again no longer will be seen
Am F C
Gunned down by General Huerta
Fmaj7 G E Ab Am
In nineteen hundred thirteen
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C Fmaj7 C G Am
Beyond the rose-coloured Palace Of Cortez No one dared
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Line 4 of verse
Fmaj7 G E Ab Am Am
reign of Porfirio Diaz
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Line 2 of Chorus
G Am
will be seen
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