{"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":84462,"song":"Sinaloa Cowboys","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/84462-sinaloa-cowboys-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/84462?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":36,"content":"From: jgroce@mail.utexas.edu (Jason Groce)\r\n\r\nSINALOA COWBOYS\r\n  By Bruce Springsteen\r\n  From The Ghost of Tom Joad Album\r\n\r\nNOTES\r\n  I won't bother giving chord fingerings for this song, as they are\r\n  standard. To play along with the record, place a capo on the third\r\n  fret.  Hint:  Hammer on and pull off the first fret on the B string\r\n  at the end of each verse to give a hint of the fills Bruce plays.\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMiguel came from a small town in northern Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe came north with his brother Louis to California three years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey crossed at the river levee when Louis was just sixteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd found work together in the fields of the San Joaquin[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey left their homes and family,\r\nTheir father said \"My sons, one thing you will learn:\r\nFor everything the north gives, it exacts a price in return.\"\r\nThey worked side by side in the orchards\r\nFrom morning till the day was through\r\nDoing the work the hueros wouldn't do.\r\n\r\nWord was out some men in from Sinaloa were looking for some hands\r\nWell deep in Fresno county there was a deserted chicken ranch.\r\nThere in a small tin shack on the edge of a ravine,\r\nMiguel and Louis stood cooking methamphetamine.\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou could spend a year in the orchards[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr make half as much in one ten-hour shift[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the men from Sinaloa[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut if you slipped the hydriodic acid[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCould burn right through your skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey'd leave you spittin' up blood in the desert[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you breathed those fumes in.[/tab]\r\n\r\nIt was early one winter evening as Miguel stood watch outside\r\nWhen the shack exploded, lighting up the valley night.\r\nMiguel carried Louis' body over his shoulder down a swale\r\nTo the creekside and there in the tall grass Louis Rosales died.\r\n\r\nMiguel lifted Louis' body into his truck and then he drove\r\nTo where the morning sunlight fell on a eucalyptus grove.\r\nThere in the dirt he dug up ten thousand dollars, all that they'd saved,\r\nKissed his brother's lips and placed him in his grave.\r\n\r\nEnding: [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"From: jgroce@mail.utexas.edu (Jason Groce)\n\nSINALOA COWBOYS\n  By Bruce Springsteen\n  From The Ghost of Tom Joad Album\n\nNOTES\n  I won't bother giving chord fingerings for this song, as they are\n  standard. To play along with the record, place a capo on the third\n  fret.  Hint:  Hammer on and pull off the first fret on the B string\n  at the end of each verse to give a hint of the fills Bruce plays.\n\n\nIntro: G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThey left their homes and family,\nTheir father said \"My sons, one thing you will learn:\nFor everything the north gives, it exacts a price in return.\"\nThey worked side by side in the orchards\nFrom morning till the day was through\nDoing the work the hueros wouldn't do.\n\nWord was out some men in from Sinaloa were looking for some hands\nWell deep in Fresno county there was a deserted chicken ranch.\nThere in a small tin shack on the edge of a ravine,\nMiguel and Louis stood cooking methamphetamine.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt was early one winter evening as Miguel stood watch outside\nWhen the shack exploded, lighting up the valley night.\nMiguel carried Louis' body over his shoulder down a swale\nTo the creekside and there in the tall grass Louis Rosales died.\n\nMiguel lifted Louis' body into his truck and then he drove\nTo where the morning sunlight fell on a eucalyptus grove.\nThere in the dirt he dug up ten thousand dollars, all that they'd saved,\nKissed his brother's lips and placed him in his grave.\n\nEnding: G C G","chords":["B","G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}