{"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":1762993,"song":"Matamoros","artist":"Billy Walker","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11383108-matamoros-chords-by-billy-walker/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1762993?type=chord","rating":4.93392,"votes":6,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn old Mexico I stand on the square in Matamoros[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRound the plaza the couples are walking to music so sweet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI found my love not too long ago in Matamoros[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I’m feeling low as the beggar who sits in the street[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh the promises that she made with eyes black as midnight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHow could I know how fickle her promise could be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I’m back to find what I feel is mine in Matamoros[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there’ll be bad trouble if I catch her cheating on me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStreets are narrow and dark and Tequila runs free in Matamoros[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI stop for one moment outside of Miguel’s swinging door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy heart breaks to hear the same haunting sound of Granada[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe once called it our song and vowed she’d be mine evermore[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen across the square with this wild young Vaquero I see her[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                               [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLaughing and dancing and tossing her raven black hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFate may take a hand when I face this man from Matamoros[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the love of my woman is one thing that I'll never share[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I walk in the night far away from the lights of Matamoros[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd recall the last moments when I knew she loved me more than life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can still hear her cry I love you and I’ll prove it Manana[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen seeing my danger she jumped in front of his knife[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know of the stories they’ll tell in the dim lit casinos[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOf the raven haired beauty who for her love lay dead on the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey’ll speak of the fight with the gringo that night in Matoamoros[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd wonder what happened for he never returned anymore[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","C","D7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}