CORTEZ THE KILLER
Neil Young

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Am7+5:  x 0 2 0 3 0    INTRO: Em7  D  Am7  Am7

VERSE 1:
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He came dancing across the water
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With his galleons and guns
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Looking for the new world
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In that palace in the sun

VERSE 2:
On the shore lay Montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the worlds

VERSE 3:
And his subjects gathered 'round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see

VERSE 4:
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on

VERSE 5:
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones

VERSE 6:
They carried them to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up with their bare hands
What we still can't do today

VERSE 7:
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way

VERSE 8:
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, Cortez
What a killer