Cortez The Killer - Neil Young

Chords used:
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[Intro/Solo 1]
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[Verse 1]
        
He came dancin

g across the w

ater
         
With his galle

ons and guns

   Looking for

 the new world
              
And that palac

          
e in the sun

[Verse 2]
       
On the shore l

ay Montezuma
        
With his coca 

leaves and pea

rls
       
In his halls h

e often wander

ed
              
With the secre

           
ts of the worl

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d

[Verse 3]
        
And his subjec

ts gathered 'r

ound him
         
Like the leave

s around a tre

e
         
In their cloth

es of many col

ours
              
For the angry 

         
gods to see

[Verse 4]
        
And the women 

all were beaut

iful
        
And the men st

ood straight a

nd strong

   They offere

d life in sacr

ifice
              
So that others

          
 could go on

[Solo 2]
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[Verse 5]

Hate was just 

a legend
    
And war was ne

ver known

   The people 

worked togethe

r
              
And they lifte

         
d many stones

[Verse 6]
         
And they carri

ed them to the

 flatlands
         
But they died 

along the way
         
And they built

 up with their

 bare hands
              
What we still 

           
can't do today

[Verse 7]
      
And I know she

's living ther

e
        
And she loves 

me to this day

  I still can'

t remember whe

n
              
Or how I lost 

   
my way

[Solo 3]
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[Outro]
        
He came dancin

g across the w

ater

  Cortez, Cort

ez
           
   What a kill

   
er

[Outro Solo]
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(fade out)

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