Chords for Dave Alvin - Murrietta's Head

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Come on, saddle up boys, [F] cause the [C]
governor said
_ [Gm] He'll [D] pay three thousand dollars for Murrieta's head
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_ _ _ _ hear Joaquin Murrieta _ steals horses and gold
Killed the sheriff in Mariposa, [C] so [D] I'm told _ _ _
_ _ He's the devil's bloody bastard, wicked and no good
But all Mexicans swear [C] that he's [D] robbin' hood _ _ _ _
Well, with my wife and my sons, I work as hard as I [Am] can
On [D] thirteen acres [C] of California [D] land
_ _ _ _ _ But the rains never came, and I got debts I can't pay
Now the bank's gonna steal [Em] my farm [Am] away
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Come _ _ _ [D] on, saddle up boys, [F] cause the [G] governor said _ _
_ _ He'll [D] pay three thousand dollars for [G] Murrieta's [D] head _ _ _ _
He don't want him [G] alive, he wants [C] him dead
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] He'll pay three thousand dollars for [G] _ [Dm] Murrieta's head
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[G] [Dm] I [D] _ _ _ hear Joaquin Murrieta writhes to [Dm] avenge
The murder of his wife [G] by a mob of [Dm] drunk men _
_ _ _ But I don't give a damn if it's a lie or if it's [Gm] true
[D] Cause for his family, ain't [G] much a man [D] won't do
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[C] _ [D] see the fever came around and my youngest boy took ill
And I didn't have money to [C] pay no [D] doctor's bill
_ So _ _ I buried his body, neat that oak on the hill
But if I had money, I swear he'd be alive _ still
_ _ Come on, saddle up boys, [G] cause the governor [C] said _ _
[G] _ _ He'll [D] pay three thousand dollars for [G] _ [D] Murrieta's head
_ He _ _ don't want him alive, [F] he wants [C] him dead
[Gm] He'll _ [C] _ [D]
pay three thousand dollars for _ Murrieta's head
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ the bible says, you reap what you sow
[Dm] Well that could be true, but I really don't know _ _
_ _ _ [D] Well if it is, Murrieta will be damned to hell
And when I kill him, I'll be damned as well _ _
_ Come on, saddle up boys, [G] cause the governor [C] said _ _ _ _
[D] He'll pay three thousand dollars for [C] [D] Murrieta's head
_ _ _ _ He don't want him alive, [F] he wants [C] him dead _
_ _ _ [D] He'll pay three thousand dollars for [Em] Murrieta's [Dm] head _ _ _
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