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El Dorado - El Dorado

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Tuning: Standard
A moving western song from a great Howard Hawks movie ("El Dorado", 1966). 
This is a reading of the movie version. The song starts in the key of B 
and then goes up one half step after every verse. This makes for some 
difficult chords and a lot of barree. If you want to avoid that and just 
play the song easily, I added a second version which is in C throughout. 
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[Intro]
|  B|  G#m|  B|  G#m|
[Verse]
Through Bsunshine and G#mshadow, from C#m7darkness till Bnoon 
Over Bmountains that D#mreach from the C#msky to the Emaj7moon 
A C#mman with a D#mdream that will Emaj7never let Ggo 
               B/F#      E/F#|    B|    G#m|
Keeps searching to find El Dorado 
[Chorus]
So Bride, boldly D#mride, to the C#mend of the D#mrainbow 
        Emaj7              D#m   C#m7   E/F#|  B|  G#m|  C|  Am|
Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado 
[Verse]
The Cwind becomes Ambitter, the Dmsky turns to Cgrey 
              C          Em               Dm   Fmaj7(?)
His body grows weary, he can't find his way 
But he'll Dmnever turn Emback, though he's Fmaj7lost in the G#snow 
           C/G       F/G|    C|    Am|
For he has to find El Dorado 
[Chorus]
So Cride, boldly Emride, to the Dmend of the Emrainbow 
        Fmaj7               Em   Dm7    F/G|  C|  Am|  Db|  Bbm|
Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado 
[Verse]
My DbDaddy once tBbmold me what a maEbmn ought to Dbbe 
There's Dbmuch more to Fmlife than the Ebmthings we can Gbmaj7see 
And the Ebmgodliest Fmmortal you Gbmaj7ever will Aknow 
               Db/Ab        Gb/Ab|    Db|    Bbm|
Is the one with the dream of El Dorado 
[Chorus]
So Dbride, boldly Fmride, to the Ebmend of the Fmrainbow 
          Ebm               Fm   Ebm7   Gb/Ab|  Db|  Bbm|
Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado 
[Outro] (instrumental chorus)
|  Db|  Bbm| 
   |  Db|  Bbm| 
El Dorado 
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VERSION 2 (in C throughout without key changes)
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[Intro]
|  C|  Am|  C|  Am|
[Verse]
Through Csunshine and Amshadow, from Dmdarkness till Cnoon 
Over Cmountains that Emreach from the Dmsky to the Fmaj7moon 
A Dmman with a Emdream that will Fmaj7never let G#go 
                C/G       F/G|    C|    Am|
Keeps searching to find El Dorado 
[Chorus]
So Cride, boldly Emride, to the Dmend of the Emrainbow 
        Fmaj7               Em   Dm7    F/G|  C|  Am|  C|  Am|
Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado 
[Verse]
The Cwind becomes Ambitter, the Dmsky turns to Cgrey 
              C          Em               Dm   Fmaj7(?)
His body grows weary, he can't find his way 
But he'll Dmnever turn Emback, though he's Fmaj7lost in the G#snow 
           C/G       F/G|    C|    Am|
For he has to find El Dorado 
[Chorus]
So Cride, boldly Emride, to the Dmend of the Emrainbow 
        Fmaj7               Em   Dm7    F/G|  C|  Am|  C|  Am|
Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado 
[Verse]
My CDaddy once Amtold me what a Dmman ought to Cbe 
There's Cmuch more to Emlife than the Dmthings we can Fmaj7see 
And the Dmgodliest Emmortal you Fmaj7ever will G#know 
                 C/G          F/G|    C|    Am|
Is the one with the dream of El Dorado 
[Chorus]
So Cride, boldly Emride, to the Dmend of the Emrainbow 
        Fmaj7               Em   Dm7    F/G|  C|  Am|  C|  Am|
Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado 
[Outro] (instrumental chorus)
|  C|  Am| 
   |  C|  Am| 
El Dorado 

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El Dorado - El Dorado

by Misc Soundtrack

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

C#m7

D#m

C#m

Emaj7

B/F#

E/F#

Fmaj7

C/G

F/G

Dm7

Bbm

Ebm

Gbmaj7

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Tuning: Standard

A moving western song from a great Howard Hawks movie ("El Dorado", 1966).

This is a reading of the movie version. The song starts in the key of B

and then goes up one half step after every verse. This makes for some

difficult chords and a lot of barree. If you want to avoid that and just

play the song easily, I added a second version which is in C throughout.

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[Intro]

B G#m B G#m

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[Verse]

B G#m C#m7 B

Through sunshine and shadow, from darkness till noon

B D#m C#m Emaj7

Over mountains that reach from the sky to the moon

C#m D#m Emaj7 G

A man with a dream that will never let go

B/F# E/F# B G#m

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Keeps searching to find El Dorado

[Chorus]

B D#m C#m D#m

So ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow

Emaj7 D#m C#m7 E/F# B G#m C Am

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Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado

[Verse]

C Am Dm C

The wind becomes bitter, the sky turns to grey

C Em Dm Fmaj7

(?)

His body grows weary, he can't find his way

Dm Em Fmaj7 G#

But he'll never turn back, though he's lost in the snow

C/G F/G C Am

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For he has to find El Dorado

[Chorus]

C Em Dm Em

So ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow

Fmaj7 Em Dm7 F/G C Am Db Bbm

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Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado

[Verse]

Db Bbm Ebm Db

My Daddy once told me what a man ought to be

Db Fm Ebm Gbmaj7

There's much more to life than the things we can see

Ebm Fm Gbmaj7 A

And the godliest mortal you ever will know

Db/Ab Gb/Ab Db Bbm

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Is the one with the dream of El Dorado

[Chorus]

Db Fm Ebm Fm

So ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow

Ebm Fm Ebm7 Gb/Ab Db Bbm

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Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado

[Outro] (instrumental chorus)

Db Bbm

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Db Bbm

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El Dorado

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VERSION 2 (in C throughout without key changes)

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[Intro]

C Am C Am

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[Verse]

C Am Dm C

Through sunshine and shadow, from darkness till noon

C Em Dm Fmaj7

Over mountains that reach from the sky to the moon

Dm Em Fmaj7 G#

A man with a dream that will never let go

C/G F/G C Am

| | |

Keeps searching to find El Dorado

[Chorus]

C Em Dm Em

So ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow

Fmaj7 Em Dm7 F/G C Am C Am

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Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado

[Verse]

C Am Dm C

The wind becomes bitter, the sky turns to grey

C Em Dm Fmaj7

(?)

His body grows weary, he can't find his way

Dm Em Fmaj7 G#

But he'll never turn back, though he's lost in the snow

C/G F/G C Am

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For he has to find El Dorado

[Chorus]

C Em Dm Em

So ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow

Fmaj7 Em Dm7 F/G C Am C Am

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Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado

[Verse]

C Am Dm C

My Daddy once told me what a man ought to be

C Em Dm Fmaj7

There's much more to life than the things we can see

Dm Em Fmaj7 G#

And the godliest mortal you ever will know

C/G F/G C Am

| | |

Is the one with the dream of El Dorado

[Chorus]

C Em Dm Em

So ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow

Fmaj7 Em Dm7 F/G C Am C Am

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Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Do-rado

[Outro] (instrumental chorus)

C Am

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C Am

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El Dorado

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