{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1724807,"song":"Matador","artist":"Halford","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11366857-matador-chords-by-halford/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1724807?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Intro\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe gold ran dry in '54 so with a broken hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe packed his bags and headed south across the Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe town was mean and brutal for a gringo filled with strife[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe was about to end it all when some thing changed his life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA bullfight in the street went bad the beast made to escape[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd in a feat of danger with his jacket as a cape[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe stared into the eyes of death and bought it to his knees[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA cry went up from in the crowd at last he felt appeased[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen all the people were screaming[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHaving the time of their lives[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome said they thought they were dreaming[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut he was right there before their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had the crowd they cheering [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nright in the palms of his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith one or two of them leering[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt what they never could comprehend[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMatador heart of the brave[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSuit of life never to save[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMatador in for the kill[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nStatuesque he's standing still[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEl Toro charged he danced with death[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd every place he's go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe reputation lead the way through all of Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Greatest of the Greats they said[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne never to be missed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut all good things come to an end[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd so it was with his[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA moments hesitation and he felt the gore go deep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis life flashed in slow motion as the crowd begin to weep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe country was in mourning as they buried him that day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut memories live for ever like the ghost of him they say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe people said he's The Greatest[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLook at his flair and his style[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one can stand in his foot steps[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr follow him by a mile[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe crowd was in such a frenzy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe had the air of a saint[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nControl was part of the fever[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTogether with such restraint[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMatador graced by The Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCheating death plunging the sword[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMatador here to annul[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith respect praise for the bull[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere was a sense of dramatic[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThat in the blink of an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt could turn into traumatic[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWould he be alive or die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was the man of the hour[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd master of his domain[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was bestowed and empowered[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had the key to each city he reigned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMatador heart of the brave[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSuit of life never to save[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMatador in for the kill[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nStatuesque he's standing still[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro\nA Gm A\nDm A Gm Dm\n\nVerse\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus","chords":["A","Gm","Dm","Am","Bb","F","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}