Ballad Of Florindo Sanchez chords by Leti De La Vega

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Verse 1
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Florindo didn't
come home tonight,
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he was down by the Rio Grande
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Watering the cattle by the riverbanks
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while calling his son on
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the other side
Florindo was shot twice,
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cut twice by the assassin's hand
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Left on la frontera to die
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on the banks of the Rio Grande
Help didn't come to Floreno
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Until his spirit had already gone
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Victor yelled and cried
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With the assassin's shadow still in his
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eyes
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Another assassin on la frontera
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The flower grows like the river,
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on both sides of the Rio Grande
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Blocks of birds fly
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between Victor and Boringo
An angel of the desert
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and the river run side by side
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Mary meets spirit cards
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with Victor Sanchez and  her son
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Guido didn't come home tonight,
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he was down by the Rio Grande
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Borrowing the cattle by the riverbanks
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while calling his son on the other
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side
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