Chord/Tab song: Matamoros

In old Mexico I [G]stand on the square in Matamoros[C]

Round [D7]the plaza the couples are walking to music so [G]sweet

I found my love not too long ago in Mata[C]moros

But [D7]I'm feeling low as the beggar who sits in the [G]street

Oh the [C]promises that she made with eyes black as midnight

[A7]How could I know how fickle her promise could [D7]be

Now [G]I'm back to find what I feel is mine in Mat[C]amoros

And [D7]there'll be bad trouble if I catch her cheating on [G]me

Streets are narrow and dark and Tequila runs free in Mata[C]moros

I stop [D7]for one moment outside of Miguel's swinging [G]door

My heart breaks to hear the same haunting sound of [C]Granada

She [D7]once called it our song and vowed she'd be mine [G]evermore

Then a[C]cross the square with this wild young Vaquero I see her

[A7]Laughing and dancing and tossing her raven black [D7]hair

Fate [G]may take a hand when I face this man from Mata[C]moros

For the [D7]love of my woman is one thing that I'll never [G]share

Now I walk in the night far away from the lights of Mata[C]moros

And re[D7]call the last moments when I knew she loved me more than [G]life

I can still hear her cry I love you and I'll prove it [C]Manana

Then [D7]seeing my danger she jumped in front of his [G]knife

I know [C]of the stories they'll tell in the dim lit casinos

[A7]Of the raven haired beauty who for her love lay dead on the [D7]floor

They'll [G]speak of the fight with the gringo that night in Matoa[C]moros

And [D7]wonder what happened for he never returned any[G]more