Chords for Matamoros

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In old Mexico I stand on the square [G] in _ _ Matamoros
[A] Round the plaza the couples are walking to music [D] so sweet
_ I _ found my love not too long ago [G] in _ Matamoros _
[A] But I'm feeling low as the beggar who sits [D] in the street _ _ _
[G] Oh the promises that she made me with eyes black as midnight _ _
_ [E] How could I know how fickle her [A] promise could be _ _
[D] Now I'm back to find what I feel is [G] mine in _ _ Matamoros
[A] And there'll be bad trouble if I catch her [D] cheating on _ me _
Streets are narrow and dark and tequila runs [G] free in Matamoros _ _
[A] I stop for one moment outside of [D] Miguel's swinging door _ _
My heart breaks to hear the same haunting [G] sounds of Granada _ _
[A] She once called it our song and vowed she'd be [D] mine evermore _ _
[G] Then across the square with this wild yamba carol I see her _
_ [E] Laughing and dancing and tossing her [A] raving black hair _ _
_ [D] Fate may take a hand when I face this [G] man from _ Matamoros
[A] For the love of my woman is one thing that [D] I'll never share
Now
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_ I walk in the night far away from the [G] lights of Matamoros _ _
[A] And recall the last moments when I knew she loved me [D] more than life
_ I can still hear her cry I love you and I'll prove [G] it mañana _ _ _
[A] Then seeing my danger she jumped in front [D] of his knife _ _ _
[G] I know the stories they'll tell in the dim lit casinos _ _
[E] Of the raven-haired beauty who for her love lay dead [A] on the floor _ _ _
[D] They'll speak of the fight with the gringo that [G] night in Matamoros _ _
[A] Wonder what happened for he never returned [D] anymore
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